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Famous Quercus Infectoria in Néo Chōrió

Fry72, Karel Frydrýšek · CC BY-SA 4.0

47% trees around it and 188 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km47%
  • wild within 10 km96%
  • species recorded188
  • Altitude258 m

The forest around

47% 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 75%Shrubland 12%Grassland 13%Trees 44%Shrubland 9%Grassland 11%Water 34%Bare ground 0%Cropland 2%Trees 25%Shrubland 5%Grassland 16%Water 50%Bare ground 2%Cropland 2%Built-up 1%Trees 5%Shrubland 1%Grassland 13%Water 76%Bare ground 0%Cropland 4%Built-up 1%47%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km75%
  • 1–3 km44%
  • 3–6 km25%
  • 6–10 km5%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees44%
  • Shrubland9%
  • Grassland11%
  • Water34%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland2%
  • 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

188 species recorded.

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

Ophrys bornmuelleri
Ophrys bornmuelleriOphrys bornmuelleri22 recordsראובן קרפ Reuven Karp · CC BY-SA 3.0
Friar's cowl
Friar's cowlArisarum vulgare21 recordsGiuseppe Frizzi · Public domain
Anatolian orchid
Anatolian orchidOrchis anatolica14 recordsדרור פייטלסון · CC BY 2.5
Florist's cyclamen
Florist's cyclamenCyclamen persicum14 recordsHanay · CC BY-SA 3.0
St. John's Bread
St. John's BreadCeratonia siliqua12 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ophrys umbilicata
Ophrys umbilicataOphrys umbilicata10 recordsOrchi · CC BY-SA 3.0
Green-winged Orchid
Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio10 recordsDidier Desouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sarcopoterium spinosum
Sarcopoterium spinosumSarcopoterium spinosum10 recordsFranz Xaver · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ranunculus asiaticus
Ranunculus asiaticusRanunculus asiaticus9 recordsSuperJew · CC BY-SA 3.0
Argolian bee-orchidVU
Argolian bee-orchidOphrys argolica8 recordsOrchi · CC BY-SA 3.0
Toothed-leaved Clubmoss
Toothed-leaved ClubmossSelaginella denticulata7 recordsTigerente · CC BY-SA 3.0
Salvia cistus
Salvia cistusCistus salviifolius6 recordsW. Bulach · 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.

63out of 100

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

  • 47%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 96%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 188Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 258 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in April and in November.

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

  1. Jan13°9°89 mm
  2. Feb14°9°55 mm
  3. Mar17°11°33 mm
  4. Apr20°13°18 mm
  5. May24°17°13 mm
  6. Jun28°20°4 mm
  7. Jul31°23°2 mm
  8. Aug31°24°2 mm
  9. Sep28°22°10 mm
  10. Oct25°18°27 mm
  11. Nov20°14°43 mm
  12. Dec16°11°92 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Famous Quercus Infectoria in Néo Chōrió.

Famous Quercus Infectoria in Néo Chōrió is a notable tree in Cyprus, 258 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 47% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 96% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

188 species have been recorded around it: 75 plants, 3 fungi, 110 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Ophrys bornmuelleri, Friar's cowl and Anatolian orchid.

The best time to walk is in April and in November.

Famous Quercus Infectoria, Néo Chōrió, Cyprus 04
Fry72, Karel Frydrýšek · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • Aphrodite Family Eco Campingcampsite · 1.7 km · 1 within 10 km
  • Aphrodite Beachplace to stay · 3.4 km · 30 within 10 km
  • Pólisnearest town · 9.4 km in a straight line
  • Paphos International Airport (PFO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 41 km in a straight lineCar hire at PFO airport (Paphos)Discover Cars · sponsored link

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.

Famous Quercus Infectoria in Néo Chōrió 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

  • 8marked trails within 5 kmEuropean Walking Route E4, Cyprus, Main Route, Aphrodite Natural Trail, Adonis Nature Trail and 5 more
  • 1named and notable trees within 6 km
  • 11picnic sites within 4 km
  • 4shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 12viewpoints within 5 kmFontana Amorosa, Blue Lagoon and 10 more
  • 5car parks within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 kmAphrodite Family Eco Camping
  • 30places to stay within 10 kmAphrodite Beach, Socrates apartments, Tavros Hotel Apartments and 27 more
  • 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • visitor centres within 6 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 Famous Quercus Infectoria in Néo Chōrió.

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.

Peakyas15 mountains within 25 km
Moutti Tis Sotiras370 m · 0.6 kmMavri Schinia2.6 kmVlampouros7.8 kmTeratsokambos11 kmKatari16 kmRocky Ridge19 kmMazi, Cyprus21 kmMazi21 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Viewing platform (Bath of Aphrodite Restaurant, Cyprus)2.0 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.

Smigies-nature-trail-pyrgos-tis-rigenas
Mboesch · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous Quercus Infectoria, Néo Chōrió, Cyprus 01
Fry72, Karel Frydrýšek · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pyrgos-tis-rigenas-eiche
Mboesch · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Famous Quercus Infectoria in Néo Chōrió

Cyprus

  • 63Forestyas Score
  • 47%Trees
  • 96%Wild
  • 188Species

Paphos Forest

Cyprus · 28 km

  • 78Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 76Species

See the guide

Nitovikla

Cyprus · 184 km

  • 35Forestyas Score
  • 16%Trees
  • 90%Wild
  • 12Species

See the guide

Atatürk Forest (Israel)

Israel · 362 km

  • 71Forestyas Score
  • 65%Trees
  • 89%Wild
  • 343Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q117038801) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species2,080 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, Islandyas, Viewyas, Canyonyas

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

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