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Vietnam Vietnam arboretum

Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens

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11% trees around it and 187 species recorded.

30Forestyas Score

ArboretumBirds

  • trees within 3 km11%
  • wild within 10 km33%
  • species recorded187

The forest around

11% 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 10%Grassland 1%Water 9%Bare ground 1%Built-up 79%Trees 11%Grassland 4%Water 9%Bare ground 1%Cropland 1%Built-up 74%Trees 12%Grassland 5%Water 9%Bare ground 1%Cropland 1%Built-up 72%Trees 16%Grassland 10%Water 10%Bare ground 1%Cropland 3%Built-up 60%11%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km10%
  • 1–3 km11%
  • 3–6 km12%
  • 6–10 km16%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees11%
  • Grassland4%
  • Water9%
  • Bare ground1%
  • Cropland1%
  • Built-up74%

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

187 species recorded.

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

Henna
HennaLawsonia inermis8 recordsDinesh Valke from Thane, India · CC BY-SA 2.0
Cannonball tree
Cannonball treeCouroupita guianensis6 recordsRanjithsiji · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ayapana triplinervis
Ayapana triplinervisAyapana triplinervis4 recordsCmarodon · Public domain
Madamfate
MadamfateHippobroma longiflora4 recordsrainerburkard · CC BY 4.0
Giant milkweed
Giant milkweedCalotropis gigantea4 recordsAris riyanto · CC BY-SA 4.0
Shrub vinca
Shrub vincaKopsia fruticosa4 recordsSAplants · CC BY-SA 4.0
Water Lettuce
Water LettucePistia stratiotes3 recordsKurt Stüber [1] · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ivy gourd
Ivy gourdCoccinia grandis3 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Sacred lotus
Sacred lotusNelumbo nucifera3 recordsT.Voekler · CC BY-SA 3.0
Silver cock's comb
Silver cock's combCelosia argentea3 recordsJ.M.Garg · CC BY 3.0
Sulphur cosmos
Sulphur cosmosCosmos sulphureus3 recordsAris riyanto · CC BY 3.0
Chinese Hibiscus
Chinese HibiscusHibiscus × rosa-sinensis3 recordsAndy / Andrew Fogg from near Cambridge, UK · CC BY 2.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

30out of 100

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

  • 11%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 33%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 187Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking from December to March.

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

  1. Jan32°20°10 mm
  2. Feb35°21°6 mm
  3. Mar37°23°13 mm
  4. Apr37°25°41 mm
  5. May34°25°155 mm
  6. Jun31°24°212 mm
  7. Jul30°24°207 mm
  8. Aug30°24°191 mm
  9. Sep30°24°190 mm
  10. Oct30°23°215 mm
  11. Nov30°22°100 mm
  12. Dec30°21°32 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens.

Zoo in District , Ho Chi Minh City

Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens is an arboretum in Vietnam.

Seen from space, 11% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 33% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

187 species have been recorded around it: 52 plants, 2 fungi, 126 birds and 7 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Henna, Cannonball tree and Ayapana triplinervis.

The best time to walk is from December to March.

Hồ nước ở Thảo Cầm Viên
Hoangvantoanajc · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

  • ກວດສອບເຂດ 4 ໄຊງ່ອນ ຫວຽດນາມcampsite · 2.4 km · 2 within 10 km
  • Nhà Khách Hải Quânplace to stay · 0.8 km · 985 within 10 km
  • Quận Bốnnearest town · 2.4 km in a straight line
  • Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 7 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.

Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens 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

  • 1named and notable trees within 6 kmCây Di Sản Việt Nam - Cây Tung
  • 1picnic sites within 4 km
  • 113shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 4viewpoints within 5 kmlevel 48 view is free and sufficient, level 75 bar forces to buy one item per pe and 3 more
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmVisitor Information and Support Center
  • 89car parks within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 kmກວດສອບເຂດ 4 ໄຊງ່ອນ ຫວຽດນາມ
  • 985places to stay within 10 kmNhà Khách Hải Quân, Khách Sạn Moonlight, Khách Sạn Riverside Saigon and 982 more
  • 1,815restaurants 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 Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens.

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.

Riveryasthe river nearby
Saigon River256 km · 54 m³/sSông Nhà Bè

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

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Thao cam vien , Phuong Da kao, quan 1, tphcmvn - panoramio
trungydang · CC BY 3.0
Botanical Gardens, Ho Chi Minh City (49015302751)
Nick · CC BY 2.0
Crowd in Saigon Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Mickey Đại Phát · CC BY 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens

Vietnam

  • 30Forestyas Score
  • 11%Trees
  • 33%Wild
  • 187Species

Xẻo Quýt Historical Site

Vietnam · 108 km

  • 19Forestyas Score
  • 30%Trees
  • 51%Wild
  • 2Species

See the guide

Prey Lang

Cambodia · 290 km

  • 60Forestyas Score
  • 100%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • —Species

See the guide

Chankiri Tree

Cambodia · 211 km

  • 24Forestyas Score
  • 12%Trees
  • 47%Wild
  • 94Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3162430) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species5,899 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 atlasesRiveryas

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

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