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Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo

sailko · CC BY-SA 3.0

36% trees around it and 167 species recorded.

55Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km36%
  • wild within 10 km83%
  • species recorded167
  • Altitude266 m

The forest around

36% 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 47%Shrubland 12%Grassland 22%Cropland 7%Built-up 13%Trees 35%Shrubland 15%Grassland 31%Water 0%Bare ground 0%Cropland 5%Built-up 14%Trees 29%Shrubland 13%Grassland 27%Water 7%Bare ground 2%Cropland 2%Built-up 19%Trees 27%Shrubland 8%Grassland 19%Water 31%Bare ground 1%Cropland 2%Built-up 12%36%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km47%
  • 1–3 km35%
  • 3–6 km29%
  • 6–10 km27%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees35%
  • Shrubland15%
  • Grassland31%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland5%
  • Built-up14%

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

167 species recorded.

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

Asteriscus sericeus
Asteriscus sericeusAsteriscus sericeus20 recordsDaderot · Public domain
Echium decaisnei
Echium decaisneiEchium decaisnei17 recordsEmőke Dénes · CC BY-SA 4.0
Castor oil plant
Castor oil plantRicinus communis16 recordsNolege · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bermuda buttercup
Bermuda buttercupOxalis pes-caprae13 recordsM ath K night and Zachi Evenor אביר המתמטיקה וצחי אבנור · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kleinia neriifolia
Kleinia neriifoliaKleinia neriifolia12 recordsJose Mesa from Liferfe island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain · CC BY-SA 2.0
Sonchus leptocephalus
Sonchus leptocephalusSonchus leptocephalus11 recordsKrzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz · CC BY-SA 4.0
Davallia canariensis
Davallia canariensisDavallia canariensis11 recordsFrank Vincentz · CC BY-SA 3.0
Toothed Medick
Toothed MedickMedicago polymorpha9 recordsMacleay Grass Man · CC BY 2.0
Marcetella moquiniana
Marcetella moquinianaMarcetella moquiniana9 recordsStickpen · Public domain
Euphorbia aphylla
Euphorbia aphyllaEuphorbia aphylla9 recordsDysmorodrepanis · CC BY-SA 3.0
Field marigold
Field marigoldCalendula arvensis9 recordsAlvesgaspar · CC BY-SA 3.0
Canarina canariensis
Canarina canariensisCanarina canariensis8 recordsUnknown author · 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.

55out of 100

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

  • 36%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 83%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 167Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 266 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from January to April.

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

  1. Jan19°17°18 mm
  2. Feb19°16°22 mm
  3. Mar19°17°15 mm
  4. Apr20°17°10 mm
  5. May21°18°6 mm
  6. Jun22°20°2 mm
  7. Jul23°21°2 mm
  8. Aug24°22°5 mm
  9. Sep24°22°8 mm
  10. Oct24°21°17 mm
  11. Nov22°20°24 mm
  12. Dec20°18°28 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo.

Botanical garden in Tafira Alta, Gran Canaria

Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo is an arboretum in Spain, 266 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 36% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 83% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

167 species have been recorded around it: 107 plants, 3 fungi, 57 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Asteriscus sericeus, Echium decaisnei and Castor oil plant.

The best time to walk is from January to April.

Jardín canario 12
sailko · CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo 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

  • 3marked trails within 5 kmCamino Pál Pino de Santa Brígida a Teror
  • 2named and notable trees within 6 kmDrago di Alonso, Ficus de Socotra del Jardín Canario
  • 10picnic sites within 4 kmMerenderos, Zona recreativa de San José del Álamo and 8 more
  • 38shelters and huts within 6 kmMarquesina and 37 more
  • 18viewpoints within 5 kmPico y Caldera de Bandama, Tritón, S.I. Catedral De Canarias and 15 more
  • 6visitor centres within 6 kmTRIP Walking Tours, Oficina de Turismo, Turismo and 3 more
  • 50car parks within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 km
  • 154places to stay within 10 kmHotel Parque, Bajamar, Apartamentos La Goleta and 151 more
  • 9restaurants 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 Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo.

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.

Peakyas30 mountains within 25 km
Montañón Negro15 kmPico de las Nieves1,948 m · 15 kmMorro de la Agujereada1,957 m · 16 kmRoque Nublo1,803 m · 18 kmMontaña de Ajódar20 kmRoque Aguayro543 m · 20 kmMontaña de Masaciega275 m · 22 kmMontaña de Arinaga23 km
Islandyasthe island
Gran Canaria1,560 km²
Coastya6 beaches within 10 km
Playa del Muelle de San Cristóbal5.0 kmPlaya de Guanarteme7.3 kmPlaya de las Alcaravaneras8.2 kmPlaya del Malpaso9.2 kmPlaya de las Canteras9.6 kmPlaya El Barranquillo9.9 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Temisas Astronomical ObservatoryBortle 5 · 20 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Mirador del Sendero Azúl7.1 km
Cavernyas2 caves within 20 km
Cuatro Puertas13 kmCaves of Valeron16 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.

Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo
James Steakley · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cacti and euphorbias through pines
James Steakley · CC BY-SA 3.0
Viera y Clavijo D81 6309 (32067260690)
Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden · CC BY 2.0

Other forests nearby.

Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo

Spain

  • 55Forestyas Score
  • 36%Trees
  • 83%Wild
  • 167Species

Macizo de Anaga Biosphere Reserve

Spain · 95 km

  • 77Forestyas Score
  • 70%Trees
  • 90%Wild
  • 748Species

See the guide

Drago de Icod de los Vinos

Spain · 128 km

  • 57Forestyas Score
  • 37%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 135Species

See the guide

Las Nieves Natural Park

Spain · 242 km

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 95%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 465Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1303386) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species3,564 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, Coastya, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Cavernyas

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.

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viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
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