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Laerbeek Wood

Filharmoniker · CC BY-SA 4.0

32% trees around it and 1,438 species recorded.

45Forestyas Score

ForestFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km32%
  • wild within 10 km47%
  • species recorded1,438
  • Altitude96 m

The forest around

32% 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%Grassland 11%Cropland 28%Built-up 14%Trees 30%Grassland 12%Water 0%Cropland 11%Built-up 47%Trees 32%Grassland 16%Water 0%Cropland 16%Built-up 36%Trees 27%Grassland 20%Water 0%Cropland 20%Built-up 33%32%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km47%
  • 1–3 km30%
  • 3–6 km32%
  • 6–10 km27%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees30%
  • Grassland12%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland11%
  • Built-up47%

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

1,438 species recorded.

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

Ramsons
RamsonsAllium ursinum1,123 recordsAgnes Monkelbaan · CC BY-SA 4.0
True oxlip
True oxlipPrimula elatior1,027 recordsԱրարատ Թրվանց · CC BY-SA 4.0
Snakeshead
SnakesheadArum maculatum982 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Yellow Archangel
Yellow ArchangelLamium galeobdolon727 recordsTeun Spaans · CC BY 2.5
Moschatel
MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina665 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cabbage Thistle
Cabbage ThistleCirsium oleraceum642 recordsDiAuras · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ground-ivy
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea637 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Garlic Mustard
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata623 recordsO. Pichard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Broadleaf enchanter's nightshade
Broadleaf enchanter's nightshadeCircaea lutetiana606 recordsUser:Kilom691 · Public domain
Elder
ElderSambucus nigra603 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
Common Ivy
Common IvyHedera helix567 recordskallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lawn-daisy
Lawn-daisyBellis perennis559 recordsm.dolores paderne sa… · CC BY-SA 3.0

Open records within 5 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).

  • 32%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 47%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,438Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 96 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in May and in September.

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

  1. Jan5°0°69 mm
  2. Feb6°0°60 mm
  3. Mar10°2°55 mm
  4. Apr15°4°38 mm
  5. May18°8°59 mm
  6. Jun22°12°63 mm
  7. Jul24°14°75 mm
  8. Aug23°13°79 mm
  9. Sep20°10°55 mm
  10. Oct15°7°63 mm
  11. Nov10°4°69 mm
  12. Dec6°1°78 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Laerbeek Wood.

Wood in Jette, Brussels, Belgium

Laerbeek Wood is a forest in Belgium.

Seen from space, 32% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 47% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,438 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 193 fungi, 219 birds and 26 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Ramsons, True oxlip and Snakeshead.

The best time to walk is in May and in September.

Herfstkleuren Laarbeekbos
Filharmoniker · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • Brussels Generation Europe Motorhome spotcampsite · 4.6 km · 5 within 10 km
  • Carestel Motel Groot Bijgaardenplace to stay · 3.2 km · 325 within 10 km
  • Zelliknearest town · 1.9 km in a straight line
  • Brussels Airport (BRU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 13 km in a straight lineCar hire at BRU airport (Zaventem)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.

Laerbeek Wood 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

  • 96marked trails within 5 kmGR 126 Bruxelles - Membre-sur-Semois, GR 121 De Liège à Bruxelles, GR 126 Brussegem - Mariekerke and 93 more
  • 38named and notable trees within 6 kmArbre Ballon - Dikke Beuk, L'arbre Paysagiste - Parkbeeldhouwer, Opgaande zilverlinde and 35 more
  • 110picnic sites within 4 km
  • 871shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 19viewpoints within 5 kmVogelobservatiepunt Kruiskouter and 18 more
  • 7visitor centres within 6 kmTravelTop, Shop, Channel Terminal and 4 more
  • 911car parks within 3 km
  • 5campsites within 10 kmBrussels Generation Europe Motorhome spot, Camp in Brussels, Camping Grimbergen and 2 more
  • 325places to stay within 10 kmCarestel Motel Groot Bijgaarden, Thon Hotel Brussels City Centre, Adagio and 322 more
  • 149restaurants 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 Laerbeek Wood.

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.

Peakyas24 mountains within 25 km
Koekelberg70 m · 2.6 kmCoudenberg - Koudenberg6.6 kmMont aux Potences - Galgenberg81 m · 6.8 kmFlotsenberg102 m · 8.3 kmKorenberg35 m · 10 kmBruine Put120 m · 17 kmIJzeren Man112 m · 18 kmCongoberg24 km
Darkskyas4 dark-sky places within 30 km
Brussels PlanetariumBortle 9 · 2.7 kmformer observatory of BrusselsBortle 9 · 6.3 kmRoyal Observatory of BelgiumBortle 8 · 11 kmBeersel Hills ObservatoryBortle 8 · 14 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.

Laarbeekbos met veld en spoorweg
Filharmoniker · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bois du Laerbeek - Jette
Edison McCullen · CC BY-SA 4.0
Chemin des Moutons - Bois du Laerbeek
Edison McCullen · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Laerbeek Wood

Belgium

  • 45Forestyas Score
  • 32%Trees
  • 47%Wild
  • 1,438Species

Sonian Forest

Belgium · 17 km

  • 76Forestyas Score
  • 80%Trees
  • 71%Wild
  • 1,917Species

See the guide

Peerdsbos

Belgium · 45 km

  • 71Forestyas Score
  • 72%Trees
  • 68%Wild
  • 1,466Species

See the guide

Meerdaal

Belgium · 29 km

  • 66Forestyas Score
  • 72%Trees
  • 55%Wild
  • 1,500Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q16070702) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species250,505 open records within 5 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, Darkskyas

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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