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China National Botanical Garden (North Garden)

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73% trees around it and 207 species recorded.

60Forestyas Score

ArboretumBirds

  • trees within 3 km73%
  • wild within 10 km53%
  • species recorded207
  • Altitude72 m

The forest around

73% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 46%Grassland 2%Wetland 0%Cropland 6%Built-up 46%Trees 76%Grassland 0%Cropland 5%Built-up 18%Trees 61%Grassland 2%Wetland 0%Water 3%Bare ground 0%Cropland 4%Built-up 30%Trees 41%Grassland 2%Water 1%Bare ground 0%Cropland 6%Built-up 49%73%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km46%
  • 1–3 km76%
  • 3–6 km61%
  • 6–10 km41%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees76%
  • Grassland0%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland5%
  • Built-up18%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

207 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Oriental hawksbeard
Oriental hawksbeardYoungia japonica6 recordsSphl · CC BY-SA 3.0
Paper mulberry
Paper mulberryBroussonetia papyrifera5 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Indian goosegrass
Indian goosegrassEleusine indica4 recordsTauʻolunga · CC BY-SA 3.0
Indian aster
Indian asterKalimeris indica4 recordsTaraxacumseeds · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sonchus brachyotus
Sonchus brachyotusSonchus brachyotus4 recordsDalgial · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ixeris japonica
Ixeris japonicaIxeris japonica4 recordsNorio Nomura from Anjo, Aichi, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Humulus scandens
Humulus scandensHumulus scandens3 records傻子 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Crepidiastrum sonchifolium
Crepidiastrum sonchifoliumCrepidiastrum sonchifolium3 recordsDalgial · CC BY 3.0
Common dayflower
Common dayflowerCommelina communis2 recordsErmell · CC BY-SA 4.0
Verdolaga
VerdolagaPortulaca oleracea2 recordsZooFari · CC BY-SA 3.0
Erigeron canadensis
Erigeron canadensisErigeron canadensis2 recordsAndrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA · CC BY 2.0
Goldenrain tree
Goldenrain treeKoelreuteria paniculata2 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

60out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 73%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 53%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 207Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 72 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in October.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan1°-11°2 mm
  2. Feb4°-8°6 mm
  3. Mar13°-2°9 mm
  4. Apr22°5°24 mm
  5. May29°12°38 mm
  6. Jun32°18°84 mm
  7. Jul32°21°151 mm
  8. Aug31°19°108 mm
  9. Sep26°13°64 mm
  10. Oct19°5°30 mm
  11. Nov9°-3°14 mm
  12. Dec1°-9°2 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

China National Botanical Garden (North Garden).

Northern part of the national botanical garden

China National Botanical Garden (North Garden) is an arboretum in China.

Seen from space, 73% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 53% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

207 species have been recorded around it: 18 plants, 4 fungi, 183 birds and 2 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Oriental hawksbeard, Paper mulberry and Indian goosegrass.

The best time to walk is in October.

芍藥-荷塘秀色 Paeonia lactiflora 'Lotus Pond Beauty' -北京植物園 Beijing Botanical Garden, China- (12403894873)
阿橋 HQ · CC BY-SA 2.0

Get there and walk

  • 大湖西侧林下帐篷区campsite · 6.7 km · 3 within 10 km
  • 西泰隆酒店place to stay · 4.4 km · 116 within 10 km
  • Haidiannearest town · 6.8 km in a straight line
  • Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 34 km in a straight line

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

China National Botanical Garden (North Garden) seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 3named and notable trees within 6 km华阳松, 腊梅, 槐
  • 23picnic sites within 4 km
  • 66shelters and huts within 6 km多云亭 and 65 more
  • 44viewpoints within 5 km鬼笑石, 一片石, 竹园 and 41 more
  • 2visitor centres within 6 km游客服务中心
  • 55car parks within 3 km
  • 3campsites within 10 km大湖西侧林下帐篷区, 大舞台西南侧林下帐篷区, 中心草坪东侧林下帐篷区
  • 116places to stay within 10 km西泰隆酒店, 如家快捷酒店（苏州桥）, 北大博雅国际酒店 and 113 more
  • 11restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around China National Botanical Garden (North Garden).

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas10 mountains within 25 km
Jade Spring Hill100 m · 2.8 kmFragrant Hills3.2 kmLongevity Hill4.9 kmBaiwangshan Forest Park5.9 kmJiufeng13 kmYangtai Mountain1,276 m · 17 kmFenghuangling17 kmMount Miaofeng1,330 m · 19 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Kunming Lake1.3 km² · 5.0 kmBayi Hu0.3 km² · 12 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
Beijing PlanetariumBortle 9 · 12 kmNational Astronomical Observatory of ChinaBortle 9 · 15 kmBeijing Ancient ObservatoryBortle 9 · 21 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

XJ001 at Botanical Garden (20200504133515)
N509FZ · CC BY-SA 4.0
XJ001 at Botanical Garden (20200504133513)
N509FZ · CC BY-SA 4.0
芍藥-胭脂點玉 Paeonia lactiflora -北京植物園 Beijing Botanical Garden, China- (12403737425)
阿橋 HQ · CC BY-SA 2.0

Other forests nearby.

China National Botanical Garden (North Garden)

China

  • 60Forestyas Score
  • 73%Trees
  • 53%Wild
  • 207Species

Guilty Chinese Scholartree

China · 17 km

  • 27Forestyas Score
  • 12%Trees
  • 22%Wild
  • 166Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q894657) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species24,753 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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