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Ohrid plane tree

Modzzak · Public domain

21% trees around it and 142 species recorded.

47Forestyas Score

Notable tree

  • trees within 3 km21%
  • wild within 10 km90%
  • species recorded142
  • Altitude702 m

The forest around

21% 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 13%Shrubland 0%Water 15%Built-up 71%Trees 22%Shrubland 5%Grassland 9%Wetland 0%Water 32%Cropland 9%Built-up 22%Trees 37%Shrubland 5%Grassland 13%Wetland 0%Water 35%Cropland 7%Built-up 3%Trees 33%Shrubland 2%Grassland 22%Water 37%Cropland 4%Built-up 1%21%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km13%
  • 1–3 km22%
  • 3–6 km37%
  • 6–10 km33%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees22%
  • Shrubland5%
  • Grassland9%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water32%
  • Cropland9%
  • Built-up22%

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

142 species recorded.

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

Wild Grape
Wild GrapeVitis vinifera16 recordsFranz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen · Public domain
Indian Corn
Indian CornZea mays12 recordsAkwugo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Asphodeline lutea
Asphodeline luteaAsphodeline lutea11 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Nettle Tree
Nettle TreeCeltis australis7 recordsLuis Fernández García · CC BY-SA 4.0
Spinach
SpinachSpinacia oleracea6 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Kidney bean
Kidney beanPhaseolus vulgaris6 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rivet wheat
Rivet wheatTriticum turgidum5 recordsStan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ephedra foeminea
Ephedra foemineaEphedra foeminea4 recordsGideon Pisanty ( Gidip ) · CC BY 3.0
Diffuse wallflower
Diffuse wallflowerErysimum diffusum4 recordsStefan.lefnaer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Barbed goatgrass
Barbed goatgrassAegilops triuncialis4 recordsEdna May Whitehorn (illustrator), for Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the · Public domain
Ivy-leaved Toadflax
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis4 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Bulbous barley
Bulbous barleyHordeum bulbosum3 recordsDaderot · Public domain

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

47out of 100

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

  • 21%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 90%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 142Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 702 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in May.

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

  1. Jan3°-4°76 mm
  2. Feb5°-3°68 mm
  3. Mar9°0°64 mm
  4. Apr14°4°61 mm
  5. May18°9°61 mm
  6. Jun24°13°44 mm
  7. Jul28°16°30 mm
  8. Aug28°16°28 mm
  9. Sep22°12°70 mm
  10. Oct16°7°81 mm
  11. Nov10°2°92 mm
  12. Dec5°-2°92 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Ohrid plane tree.

Ohrid plane tree is a notable tree in North Macedonia, 702 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 21% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 90% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

142 species have been recorded around it: 33 plants, 0 fungi, 108 birds and 1 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Wild Grape, Indian Corn and Asphodeline lutea.

The best time to walk is in May.

1100 Jahre alte Platane in Ohrid, Makedonien
Modzzak · Public domain

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.

Ohrid plane tree 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

  • 5marked trails within 5 kmGalicica T-3, Galicica G-2 and 3 more
  • 2named and notable trees within 6 kmСтар чинар
  • 4picnic sites within 4 kmOgrada and 3 more
  • 4shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 16viewpoints within 5 km
  • 2visitor centres within 6 kmпатот преку Галичица Инфо центар Охрид, Cultura365
  • 75car parks within 3 km
  • 6campsites within 10 kmScout Camp, Camperstop Kj Divono, Divono and 3 more
  • 205places to stay within 10 kmApartments Stars, DJ Apartments, Hostel di Angollo and 202 more
  • 103restaurants 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 Ohrid plane tree.

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.

Peakyas48 mountains within 25 km
Samar1,657 m · 11 kmMali i Thate1,880 m · 17 kmMagaro Peak2,255 m · 20 kmStara Galicica2,027 m · 21 kmMeckina Dupka1,838 m · 21 kmAymas1,669 m · 21 kmKota2,242 m · 23 kmMali Kokal1,861 m · 23 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Lake Ohrid354 km² · 13 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Sateska38 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.

Ohrid plane tree, Kruševo Republic Square 01
Liridon · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ohrid plane tree, Kruševo Republic Square 02
Liridon · CC BY-SA 4.0
Охридски чинар (Плоштад „Крушевска Република“) (01)
Луната1999 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Ohrid plane tree

North Macedonia

  • 47Forestyas Score
  • 21%Trees
  • 90%Wild
  • 142Species

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  • 75%Wild
  • 111Species

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Biogradska Gora

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  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 84%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 165Species

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Rrapi i Marashit

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  • 45Forestyas Score
  • 34%Trees
  • 77%Wild
  • 81Species

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q42298132) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species3,418 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, 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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