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N.V. Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden

AlixSaz · CC BY-SA 4.0

42% trees around it and 908 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km42%
  • wild within 10 km45%
  • species recorded908
  • Altitude171 m

The forest around

42% 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 83%Grassland 1%Water 1%Bare ground 1%Built-up 14%Trees 37%Grassland 1%Water 1%Bare ground 0%Cropland 2%Built-up 59%Trees 39%Grassland 1%Water 0%Bare ground 0%Cropland 1%Built-up 59%Trees 44%Grassland 2%Water 2%Bare ground 0%Cropland 1%Built-up 52%42%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km83%
  • 1–3 km37%
  • 3–6 km39%
  • 6–10 km44%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees37%
  • Grassland1%
  • Water1%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland2%
  • Built-up59%

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

908 species recorded.

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

Perennial Honesty
Perennial HonestyLunaria rediviva269 recordsKrzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz · CC BY-SA 4.0
Slender speedwell
Slender speedwellVeronica filiformis87 recordsAnemoneProjectors · CC BY-SA 2.0
Broadleaf enchanter's nightshade
Broadleaf enchanter's nightshadeCircaea lutetiana78 recordsUser:Kilom691 · Public domain
Small yellow balsam
Small yellow balsamImpatiens parviflora55 recordsAndré Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5
Ground-ivy
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea38 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Yellow Archangel
Yellow ArchangelLamium galeobdolon38 recordsTeun Spaans · CC BY 2.5
Cobnut
CobnutCorylus avellana37 recordsMPF · CC BY-SA 3.0
Adenocaulon himalaicum
Adenocaulon himalaicumAdenocaulon himalaicum35 recordsKeisotyo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Garlic Mustard
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata33 recordsO. Pichard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bishop's goutweed
Bishop's goutweedAegopodium podagraria32 recordsBeko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Chenopodium album
Chenopodium albumChenopodium album31 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Spindle tree
Spindle treeEuonymus europaeus31 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

51out of 100

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

  • 42%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 45%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 908Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 171 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from May to June.

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

  1. Jan-7°-14°48 mm
  2. Feb-6°-13°42 mm
  3. Mar0°-8°42 mm
  4. Apr9°0°49 mm
  5. May18°8°86 mm
  6. Jun21°11°86 mm
  7. Jul24°14°93 mm
  8. Aug22°12°75 mm
  9. Sep16°7°64 mm
  10. Oct8°1°69 mm
  11. Nov0°-4°58 mm
  12. Dec-5°-10°52 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

N.V. Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden.

Botanical garden

N.V. Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden is an arboretum in Russia.

Seen from space, 42% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 45% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

908 species have been recorded around it: 775 plants, 7 fungi, 120 birds and 6 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Perennial Honesty, Slender speedwell and Broadleaf enchanter's nightshade.

The best time to walk is from May to June.

Botanical Garden, Moscow
AlixSaz · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Сокольникиcampsite · 5.4 km · 1 within 10 km
  • Максима Заряplace to stay · 1.3 km · 672 within 10 km
  • Ostankinskiynearest town · 1.4 km in a straight line
  • Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 19 km in a straight line

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.

N.V. Tsitsin Main 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

  • 2marked trails within 5 kmДорога в Лавру, Зелёное Kольцо Москвы
  • 10named and notable trees within 6 kmКапитан Гастелло, Букетная липа, Леоновский дуб and 7 more
  • 57picnic sites within 4 km
  • 229shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 18viewpoints within 5 km
  • 4visitor centres within 6 kmИнфоцентр ВДНХ and 3 more
  • 1,181car parks within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 kmСокольники
  • 672places to stay within 10 kmМаксима Заря, Байкал, ХостелРус ВДНХ and 669 more
  • 274restaurants 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 N.V. Tsitsin Main 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.

Peakyas2 mountains within 25 km
Poklonnaya Hill172 m · 13 kmSparrow Hills80 m · 15 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Serebryano-Vinogradny pond0.2 km² · 11 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
Moscow PlanetariumBortle 9 · 8.7 kmKrasnopresnenskaja Observatory MSUBortle 9 · 9.2 kmSatellite Communications Center, Medvezh'i OzyoraBortle 8 · 22 km
Viewyas5 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Moscow Sun2.1 kmMoscow-8502.8 kmSokolniki Watchtower7.5 kmPoklonnaya Hill172 m · 13 kmSparrow Hills80 m · 15 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Yauza48 km · 9.4 m³/sSerebryanka12 km · 0.0 m³/s

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Main Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences of Russia 2297
AlixSaz · CC BY-SA 4.0
2022-06-12 - Botanical Garden in Moscow - Photo 1
Voltmetro · CC0
2022-06-12 - Botanical Garden in Moscow - Photo 2
Voltmetro · CC0

Other forests nearby.

N.V. Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden

Russia

  • 51Forestyas Score
  • 42%Trees
  • 45%Wild
  • 908Species

Khimki Forest

Russia · 14 km

  • 64Forestyas Score
  • 67%Trees
  • 63%Wild
  • 717Species

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Bobiri

Ghana · 372 km

  • 24Forestyas Score
  • 17%Trees
  • 73%Wild
  • 4Species

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q894653) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species19,253 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, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Riveryas

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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