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Sweden Sweden arboretum

Gothenburg Botanical Garden

Udo Schröter · CC BY-SA 3.0

50% trees around it and 2,248 species recorded.

67Forestyas Score

ArboretumFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km50%
  • wild within 10 km75%
  • species recorded2,248

The forest around

50% 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 66%Grassland 4%Water 1%Built-up 28%Trees 48%Grassland 3%Water 6%Bare ground 0%Built-up 42%Trees 42%Grassland 11%Water 6%Bare ground 1%Built-up 40%Trees 50%Grassland 12%Water 21%Bare ground 1%Cropland 0%Built-up 16%50%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km66%
  • 1–3 km48%
  • 3–6 km42%
  • 6–10 km50%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees48%
  • Grassland3%
  • Water6%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up42%

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

2,248 species recorded.

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

European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica502 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur440 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
American skunkcabbage
American skunkcabbageLysichiton americanus261 recordsMartin Bravenboer · Public domain
Spreading cotoneaster
Spreading cotoneasterCotoneaster divaricatus253 recordsOriginal uploader was Sten Porse at da.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
AshNT
AshFraxinus excelsior206 recordsWillow · CC BY 2.5
Japanese Knotweed
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica188 recordsW.carter · CC0
Pink purslane
Pink purslaneClaytonia sibirica178 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wood Anemone
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa172 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Goldilocks Buttercup
Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus171 recordsStemonitis · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lesser Celandine
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna146 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Largeleaf Avens
Largeleaf AvensGeum macrophyllum144 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY 2.5
Cobnut
CobnutCorylus avellana142 recordsMPF · CC BY-SA 3.0

Open records within 2 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).

  • 50%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 75%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 2,248Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking from July to August.

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

  1. Jan2°-1°94 mm
  2. Feb2°-2°68 mm
  3. Mar4°0°60 mm
  4. Apr9°4°54 mm
  5. May14°9°64 mm
  6. Jun17°12°90 mm
  7. Jul20°15°95 mm
  8. Aug19°15°108 mm
  9. Sep16°12°85 mm
  10. Oct11°8°112 mm
  11. Nov7°4°100 mm
  12. Dec4°1°102 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Gothenburg Botanical Garden.

Botanical garden in Gothenburg, Sweden

Gothenburg Botanical Garden is an arboretum in Sweden.

Seen from space, 50% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 75% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

2,248 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 1,000 fungi, 224 birds and 24 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: European Beech, Pedunculate Oak and American skunkcabbage.

The best time to walk is from July to August.

Stora Anggarden botaniska
Udo Schröter · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

  • VisitingHours in OpenStreetMap: 24/7Official site
  • Lisebergs Camping & Stugbyar Kärralundcampsite · 5.2 km · 3 within 10 km
  • Slottsskogens Vandrahem & Hotellplace to stay · 1.1 km · 113 within 10 km
  • Majornanearest town · 2.3 km in a straight line
  • Göteborg Landvetter Airport (GOT)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 20 km in a straight lineCar hire at AAL airport (Aalborg)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.

Gothenburg Botanical 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

  • 4marked trails within 5 kmBohusleden - Etapp 2 Stensjön - Skatås, Götaleden, Göteborg - Skatås, Pilgrimsleden and 1 more
  • 1named and notable trees within 6 kmNäsduksträdet
  • 492picnic sites within 4 km
  • 867shelters and huts within 6 kmLackarebäcks långvatten, södra grillplats and 866 more
  • 82viewpoints within 5 kmGötheborgsutkiken and 81 more
  • 6visitor centres within 6 kmGöteborgs Turistbyrå, Liseberg Gästservice Södra, Liseberg Hittegodscentral and 3 more
  • 1,815car parks within 3 km
  • 3campsites within 10 kmLisebergs Camping & Stugbyar Kärralund, Lisebergs camping Askim Strand, Kvibergs Vandrarhem & stugby
  • 113places to stay within 10 kmSlottsskogens Vandrahem & Hotell, Elite Park Avenue, SGS Veckobostäder and 110 more
  • 864restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Gothenburg Botanical 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.

Peakyas4 mountains within 25 km
Olivedalshöjden0.8 kmRisåsberget55 m · 1.5 kmOtterhällan2.4 kmRamberget87 m · 3.6 km
Coastya2 beaches within 10 km
Myraviken6.6 kmGanlebukten7.2 km
Lakeyas13 lakes within 15 km
Delsjön1.2 km² · 5.7 kmSisjön0.2 km² · 6.6 kmLilla Delsjön0.5 km² · 6.9 kmRådasjön1.9 km² · 7.5 kmÅstebotjärn1.0 km² · 11 kmTulebosjön0.3 km² · 12 kmFinnsjön1.0 km² · 12 kmLandvettersjön2.2 km² · 15 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
SlottsskogsobservatorietBortle 9 · 1.0 kmLisebergsteaternBortle 9 · 2.8 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Liseberg Tower2.8 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.

Entren till Botaniska 2015
Averater · CC BY-SA 3.0
Göteborgs botaniska trädgård-IMG 5637
C T Johansson · CC BY-SA 3.0
Göteborgs botaniska trädgård-IMG 6638
C T Johansson · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Gothenburg Botanical Garden

Sweden

  • 67Forestyas Score
  • 50%Trees
  • 75%Wild
  • 2,248Species

Gribskov

Denmark · 189 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 74%Trees
  • 79%Wild
  • 1,880Species

See the guide

Tiveden

Sweden · 199 km

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 84%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 668Species

See the guide

Rold Skov

Denmark · 162 km

  • 70Forestyas Score
  • 80%Trees
  • 62%Wild
  • 329Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q956772) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species306,506 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, Coastya, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas

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

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here