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Scandinavian coastal conifer forests

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

76% trees around it and 523 species recorded.

81Forestyas Score

ForestWildFungiBirds

  • trees within 3 km76%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded523
  • Altitude194 m

The forest around

76% 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 69%Grassland 30%Water 1%Trees 76%Grassland 15%Water 8%Trees 65%Grassland 18%Water 17%Built-up 1%Trees 47%Grassland 28%Water 25%Built-up 0%76%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km69%
  • 1–3 km76%
  • 3–6 km65%
  • 6–10 km47%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees76%
  • Grassland15%
  • Water8%
  • Built-up0%

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

523 species recorded.

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

Whortleberry
WhortleberryVaccinium myrtillus22 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Scots Pine
Scots PinePinus sylvestris22 recordsHello, I am Bruce on Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0
Cowberry
CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea20 recordsBartosz Cuber · CC BY-SA 3.0
Heather
HeatherCalluna vulgaris19 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Brown Birch
Brown BirchBetula pubescens19 recordsDirk Ingo Franke · CC BY-SA 2.0
Erect cinquefoil
Erect cinquefoilPotentilla erecta17 recordsUser:Tigerente · CC BY 2.5
Common Juniper
Common JuniperJuniperus communis16 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Floating bur-reed
Floating bur-reedSparganium angustifolium13 recordsHans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 4.0
White Water-lily
White Water-lilyNymphaea alba13 recordsDerHexer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Queen of the meadow
Queen of the meadowFilipendula ulmaria13 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Purple moor-grass
Purple moor-grassMolinia caerulea13 recordsElke Freese · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bog Heather
Bog HeatherErica tetralix12 recordsChristian Fischer · 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.

81out of 100

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

  • 76%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 523Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 194 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from July to August.

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

  1. Jan0°-4°299 mm
  2. Feb0°-4°218 mm
  3. Mar2°-3°215 mm
  4. Apr7°1°155 mm
  5. May11°4°141 mm
  6. Jun15°8°154 mm
  7. Jul17°11°175 mm
  8. Aug17°10°205 mm
  9. Sep13°8°268 mm
  10. Oct8°4°276 mm
  11. Nov4°0°293 mm
  12. Dec1°-2°319 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Scandinavian coastal conifer forests.

Palearctic ecoregion located along the coast of Norway

Scandinavian coastal conifer forests is a forest in Norway.

Seen from space, 76% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

523 species have been recorded around it: 303 plants, 77 fungi, 129 birds and 14 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Whortleberry, Scots Pine and Cowberry.

The best time to walk is from July to August.

Scandinavian coastal conifer forests seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Guided forest walks and tours near Scandinavian coastal conifer forestsGetYourGuideSee prices Cabins and stays near Scandinavian coastal conifer forestsBooking.comSee prices Car hire at BGO airport (Bergen)Discover CarsSee prices 

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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.

Scandinavian coastal conifer forests 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

  • 2picnic sites within 4 km
  • 6shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 8viewpoints within 5 km
  • 12car parks within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 kmSelvika Rasteplass
  • 1places to stay within 10 kmFjordslottet hotell
  • 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 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 Scandinavian coastal conifer forests.

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.

Peakyas1,904 mountains within 25 km
Høgafjellet868 m · 9.5 kmGullfjellet988 m · 18 kmAustmannatoppen843 m · 19 kmFløyen399 m · 20 kmUlriken643 m · 21 kmHausdalshorga784 m · 23 kmSmåbrekke-bukken986 m · 24 kmSveningen843 m · 25 km
Islandyasthe island
Osterøy330 km²
Lakeyas10 lakes within 15 km
Løtveitvatnet0.2 km² · 3.4 kmStoravatnet7.5 km² · 5.2 kmOsvatnet0.2 km² · 8.4 kmNedra Botnavatnet0.4 km² · 8.7 kmHusdalsvatnet1.0 km² · 12 kmLangavatnet0.4 km² · 13 kmSpåkevatnet0.2 km² · 13 kmToskedalsvatnet0.6 km² · 15 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Mareminehollet20 km
Cascadyas10 waterfalls within 15 km
Vallfossen4.1 kmFossagjela8.7 kmUrfeigfossen9.4 kmGamle Fossen12 kmStegafossen13 kmBergsfossen14 kmFossen15 kmTungefossen15 km

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

Other forests nearby.

Scandinavian coastal conifer forests

Norway

  • 81Forestyas Score
  • 76%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 523Species

University Museum of Bergen

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  • 69Forestyas Score
  • 48%Trees
  • 89%Wild
  • 800Species

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Vestmarka

Norway · 278 km

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 87%Wild
  • 1,941Species

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Krokskogen

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  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 78%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 650Species

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3076286) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species9,260 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, Islandyas, Lakeyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas

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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Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

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