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Guyana Botanical Gardens

Dan Sloan · CC BY-SA 2.0

7% trees around it and 407 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km7%
  • wild within 10 km84%
  • species recorded407

The forest around

7% 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 16%Grassland 24%Wetland 3%Bare ground 0%Built-up 56%Trees 6%Grassland 20%Wetland 5%Water 13%Bare ground 1%Built-up 54%Trees 10%Mangroves 1%Grassland 14%Wetland 17%Water 45%Bare ground 1%Cropland 1%Built-up 11%Trees 11%Grassland 17%Wetland 17%Water 43%Cropland 7%Built-up 5%7%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km16%
  • 1–3 km6%
  • 3–6 km10%
  • 6–10 km11%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees6%
  • Mangroves0%
  • Grassland20%
  • Wetland5%
  • Water13%
  • Bare ground1%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up54%

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

407 species recorded.

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

Sacred lotus
Sacred lotusNelumbo nucifera13 recordsT.Voekler · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mistletoe cactus
Mistletoe cactusRhipsalis baccifera11 recordsFrank Vincentz · CC BY-SA 3.0
Chinese violet
Chinese violetAsystasia gangetica9 recordsAris riyanto · CC BY 3.0
Twisted airplant
Twisted airplantTillandsia flexuosa8 recordsPhoto by David J. Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0
Nakedstem livingvase
Nakedstem livingvaseAechmea nudicaulis7 recordsJean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0
Swamp morning-glory
Swamp morning-gloryIpomoea aquatica6 recordsEric Guinther · CC BY-SA 3.0
Spanish cherry
Spanish cherryMimusops elengi5 recordsWibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Brazilian Peppertree
Brazilian PeppertreeSchinus terebinthifolia5 recordsCostaPPPR · CC BY 3.0
Eugenia punicifolia
Eugenia punicifoliaEugenia punicifolia5 recordsJoão Medeiros · CC BY 2.0
Ivy gourd
Ivy gourdCoccinia grandis4 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Camphor laurel
Camphor laurelCinnamomum camphora4 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Euphorbia hirta
Euphorbia hirtaEuphorbia hirta4 recordsJuan Carlos Fonseca Mata · 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.

45out of 100

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

  • 7%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 84%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 407Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking from February to March.

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

  1. Jan27°25°181 mm
  2. Feb27°25°117 mm
  3. Mar28°26°94 mm
  4. Apr28°26°144 mm
  5. May28°26°315 mm
  6. Jun28°26°314 mm
  7. Jul28°26°302 mm
  8. Aug28°26°192 mm
  9. Sep29°27°102 mm
  10. Oct29°27°103 mm
  11. Nov28°27°181 mm
  12. Dec28°26°257 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Guyana Botanical Gardens.

Botanical garden in Georgetown, Guyana

Guyana Botanical Gardens is an arboretum in Guyana.

Seen from space, 7% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 84% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

407 species have been recorded around it: 90 plants, 21 fungi, 290 birds and 6 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Sacred lotus, Mistletoe cactus and Chinese violet.

The best time to walk is from February to March.

Guyana Botanical Gardens - Georgetown (23625575976)
Dan Sloan · CC BY-SA 2.0

Get there and walk

  • Baby's Pitch Stopcampsite · 2.9 km · 1 within 10 km
  • Roraimaplace to stay · 0.5 km · 114 within 10 km
  • Georgetownnearest town · 1.0 km in a straight line
  • Eugene F. Correia International Airport (OGL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 4 km in a straight lineCar hire at OGL airport (Ogle)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.

Guyana Botanical Gardens 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

  • 1named and notable trees within 6 kmCannonball Tree
  • 9picnic sites within 4 km
  • 3shelters and huts within 6 kmPromenade Gardens Pavilion
  • 38viewpoints within 5 kmBlock I Eccles EBB, new line taxi, Home and 35 more
  • 36car parks within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 kmBaby's Pitch Stop
  • 114places to stay within 10 kmRoraima, Regent Guest House, Adventure Suite Hotel and 111 more
  • 143restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 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.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Guyana Botanical Gardens - Georgetown (23023494554)
Dan Sloan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Tomb of President Forbes Burnham (13919830762)
David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0
CARICOM Mission visits Guyana
PMO Barbados · Public domain

Other forests nearby.

Guyana Botanical Gardens

Guyana

  • 45Forestyas Score
  • 7%Trees
  • 84%Wild
  • 407Species

Iwokrama Forest

Guyana · 273 km

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

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Central Suriname Nature Reserve

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  • 74Forestyas Score
  • 100%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 6Species

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q96380044) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species52,126 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

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

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