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Jardín Botánico Martín Cárdenas

Lucas from Campinas, Brazil · CC BY-SA 2.0

8% trees around it and 361 species recorded.

31Forestyas Score

ArboretumMountain forestBirds

  • trees within 3 km8%
  • wild within 10 km48%
  • species recorded361
  • Altitude2,587 m

The forest around

8% 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 11%Shrubland 17%Grassland 7%Cropland 0%Built-up 65%Trees 7%Shrubland 13%Grassland 10%Water 1%Cropland 2%Built-up 66%Trees 7%Shrubland 6%Grassland 26%Water 1%Bare ground 0%Cropland 7%Built-up 53%Trees 6%Shrubland 3%Grassland 43%Water 0%Bare ground 1%Cropland 16%Built-up 31%8%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km11%
  • 1–3 km7%
  • 3–6 km7%
  • 6–10 km6%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees7%
  • Shrubland13%
  • Grassland10%
  • Water1%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland2%
  • Built-up66%

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

361 species recorded.

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

Solanum brevicaule
Solanum brevicauleSolanum brevicaule12 recordsKurt Stüber [1] · CC BY-SA 3.0
Asclepias barjoniifolia
Asclepias barjoniifoliaAsclepias barjoniifolia11 recordsCody H. · CC BY 2.0
Chilean jessamine
Chilean jessamineCestrum parqui10 recordsJM92 · CC BY 3.0
Scholar tree
Scholar treeStyphnolobium japonicum10 recordsJean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 3.0
Talinum fruticosum
Talinum fruticosumTalinum fruticosum10 recordsSphl · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hairy love-grass
Hairy love-grassEragrostis pilosa9 recordsMacleay Grass Man · CC BY 2.0
Wild water lemon
Wild water lemonPassiflora foetida8 recordsB.navez · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sticky nightshade
Sticky nightshadeSolanum sisymbriifolium7 recordsHubert Śmietanka · CC BY-SA 2.5
Kallstroemia bolivianaKallstroemia boliviana20 records
Eriolarynx fasciculataEriolarynx fasciculata17 records
Ibatia ellipticaIbatia elliptica12 records
Solanum cochabambenseSolanum cochabambense11 records

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

31out of 100

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

  • 8%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 48%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 361Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 2,587 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in May and from July to August.

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

  1. Jan20°8°104 mm
  2. Feb20°8°97 mm
  3. Mar20°7°55 mm
  4. Apr21°6°20 mm
  5. May21°3°6 mm
  6. Jun20°2°44 mm
  7. Jul20°1°5 mm
  8. Aug21°2°8 mm
  9. Sep22°4°12 mm
  10. Oct22°7°25 mm
  11. Nov23°8°36 mm
  12. Dec22°8°86 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 Martín Cárdenas.

Botanical Garden in Cochabamba, Bolivia

Jardín Botánico Martín Cárdenas is an arboretum in Bolivia, 2,587 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 8% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 48% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

361 species have been recorded around it: 237 plants, 2 fungi, 122 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Solanum brevicaule, Asclepias barjoniifolia and Chilean jessamine.

The best time to walk is in May and from July to August.

Jardín Botánico de Cochabamba Bolivia
Lucas from Campinas, Brazil · CC BY-SA 2.0

Get there and walk

  • VisitingHours in OpenStreetMap: Mo-Fr 09:30-16:30; Sa 10:00-16:30; Su,PH Off · free entry
  • Acampada 1campsite · 6.4 km · 1 within 10 km
  • Ecoturísticoplace to stay · 1.7 km · 130 within 10 km
  • Cochabambanearest town · 2.2 km in a straight line
  • Jorge Wilsterman International Airport (CBB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 6 km in a straight lineCar hire at CBB airport (Cochabamba)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.

Jardín Botánico Martín Cárdenas 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

  • 7named and notable trees within 6 kmGomero, Farmacard, sauce and 4 more
  • 14picnic sites within 4 kmÁrea Abierta de Estudio 2, Área Abierta de Estudio 1 and 12 more
  • 352shelters and huts within 6 kmAniceto Padilla and 351 more
  • 59viewpoints within 5 kmMirador Sur Monumento de las Heroínas, Mirador Monumento de las Armas, Mirador Country Club Cochabamba and 56 more
  • 6visitor centres within 6 kmInformaciones, Centro de Atención al Turista, Unidad de Turismo and 3 more
  • 289car parks within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 kmAcampada 1
  • 130places to stay within 10 kmEcoturístico, Outlander, Hotel Sabaya and 127 more
  • 436restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 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 Martín Cárdenas.

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.

Peakyas21 mountains within 25 km
Cordillera del Tunari3,654 m · 7.3 kmCerro Amparillo Punta4,367 m · 14 kmCerro Fhiruru3,526 m · 18 kmCerro Kara4,272 m · 20 kmCerro Singro4,387 m · 20 kmPuka Salli4,640 m · 21 kmAwila Wachana Punta4,720 m · 24 kmKimsa Tinkuy4,720 m · 24 km
Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 km
Alalay Lake1.2 km² · 3.2 kmWarawara Lake0.3 km² · 9.5 kmLarati Lake1.1 km² · 13 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.

Aguililla en el Jardín Botánico Martín Cárdenas de Cochabamba
eduardorudas · CC BY 2.0
Cactareo en el Jardín Botánico Martín Cárdenas de Cochabamba
eduardorudas · CC BY 2.0
Vivienda Museo Martín Cárdenas 1
BelenBalderrama1996 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Jardín Botánico Martín Cárdenas

Bolivia

  • 31Forestyas Score
  • 8%Trees
  • 48%Wild
  • 361Species

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Bolivia · 237 km

  • 34Forestyas Score
  • 11%Trees
  • 57%Wild
  • 553Species

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Jardín Botánico de Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Bolivia · 328 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 55%Trees
  • 64%Wild
  • 863Species

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q5926777) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species4,096 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, Lakeyas

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

The family

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