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Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

85% trees around it and 11 species recorded.

67Forestyas Score

ForestDense canopyMountain forest

  • trees within 3 km85%
  • wild within 10 km89%
  • species recorded11
  • Altitude1,039 m

The forest around

85% 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 88%Grassland 7%Cropland 4%Trees 85%Grassland 8%Cropland 7%Built-up 0%Trees 81%Grassland 8%Bare ground 0%Cropland 11%Built-up 0%Trees 80%Shrubland 0%Grassland 8%Water 1%Bare ground 0%Cropland 10%Built-up 2%85%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km88%
  • 1–3 km85%
  • 3–6 km81%
  • 6–10 km80%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees85%
  • Grassland8%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland7%
  • Built-up0%

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

11 species recorded.

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

Indian Corn
Indian CornZea mays29 recordsAkwugo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rice
RiceOryza sativa24 recordsLeo Michels · Public domain
Wild oat
Wild oatAvena fatua8 recordsHelge Oskarsen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common barley
Common barleyHordeum vulgare5 recordsJackyM59 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rivet wheat
Rivet wheatTriticum turgidum2 recordsStan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sweet clover
Sweet cloverMelilotus indicus2 recordsZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceusLathyrus oleraceus2 recordsLudwik Polak · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bread WheatTriticum aestivum21 records
Elymus sinosubmuticusElymus sinosubmuticus3 records
Elymus nutansElymus nutans2 records

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

67out of 100

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

  • 85%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 89%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 11Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 1,039 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in February and from November to December.

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

  1. Jan16°6°16 mm
  2. Feb20°8°23 mm
  3. Mar25°12°27 mm
  4. Apr30°16°38 mm
  5. May31°19°103 mm
  6. Jun30°21°245 mm
  7. Jul26°20°416 mm
  8. Aug26°20°306 mm
  9. Sep25°19°220 mm
  10. Oct23°15°69 mm
  11. Nov20°11°3 mm
  12. Dec17°8°6 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests.

Ecoregion in Asia

Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests is a forest in Bhutan, 1,039 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 85% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 89% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

11 species have been recorded around it: 10 plants, 1 fungi, 0 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Indian Corn, Rice and Wild oat.

The best time to walk is in February and from November to December.

Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and walk

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.

Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests 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

  • 3places to stay within 10 kmLamsal Hotel and Lodge, Rimal Guest House and catering Services, Hotel Sakar Restaurant and Lodge
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • campsites within 10 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

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

Other forests nearby.

Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests

Bhutan

  • 67Forestyas Score
  • 85%Trees
  • 89%Wild
  • 11Species

Bodhi Tree

India · 380 km

  • 22Forestyas Score
  • 8%Trees
  • 20%Wild
  • 79Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3848508) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species158 open records within 5 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

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

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