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University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden

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13% trees around it and 714 species recorded.

42Forestyas Score

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  • trees within 3 km13%
  • wild within 10 km64%
  • species recorded714

The forest around

13% 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 14%Grassland 4%Water 12%Built-up 70%Trees 13%Grassland 5%Water 13%Built-up 68%Trees 20%Grassland 9%Wetland 0%Water 28%Bare ground 1%Cropland 0%Built-up 41%Trees 16%Grassland 16%Wetland 1%Water 38%Cropland 0%Built-up 29%13%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km14%
  • 1–3 km13%
  • 3–6 km20%
  • 6–10 km16%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees13%
  • Grassland5%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water13%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up68%

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

714 species recorded.

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

European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica71 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tree of heaven
Tree of heavenAilanthus altissima68 recordsDarkone ( talk · contribs ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Lawn-daisy
Lawn-daisyBellis perennis54 recordsm.dolores paderne sa… · CC BY-SA 3.0
Great Willowherb
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum35 recordsJeffdelonge at French Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Garlic Mustard
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata33 recordsO. Pichard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Winter-aconite
Winter-aconiteEranthis hyemalis31 recordsSydenham Edwards / William Curtis · Public domain
Wild tulip
Wild tulipTulipa sylvestris31 recordsBernd Haynold · CC BY 2.5
Ribwort plantain
Ribwort plantainPlantago lanceolata31 recordssannse · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common yarrow
Common yarrowAchillea millefolium30 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Smyrnium perfoliatum
Smyrnium perfoliatumSmyrnium perfoliatum30 recordsSten Porse · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cow Parsley
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris29 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Common Ivy
Common IvyHedera helix27 recordskallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

42out of 100

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

  • 13%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 64%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 714Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking from June to July and in September.

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

  1. Jan2°0°61 mm
  2. Feb3°-1°48 mm
  3. Mar5°0°42 mm
  4. Apr10°4°34 mm
  5. May15°8°46 mm
  6. Jun18°12°64 mm
  7. Jul21°15°69 mm
  8. Aug21°15°83 mm
  9. Sep17°12°54 mm
  10. Oct12°8°70 mm
  11. Nov8°5°62 mm
  12. Dec4°1°63 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden.

Botanical garden

University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden is an arboretum in Denmark.

Seen from space, 13% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 64% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

714 species have been recorded around it: 451 plants, 75 fungi, 174 birds and 14 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: European Beech, Tree of heaven and Lawn-daisy.

The best time to walk is from June to July and in September.

Botanisk have drivhus 1
Thue · 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.

University of Copenhagen 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

  • 13marked trails within 5 kmStrøget, Liv & Lys i Søndermarken, Havneringen and 10 more
  • 7named and notable trees within 6 kmFrøken Lind, Frederiksberg haves suttetræ, Dametræet and 4 more
  • 716picnic sites within 4 km
  • 94shelters and huts within 6 kmEremithytten, Favnbrændehuset, Shelter 1 and 91 more
  • 29viewpoints within 5 kmStrandstation 4, Christiansborg Slotstårn, ZooLook and 26 more
  • 6visitor centres within 6 kmDSB, Copenhagen Visitor Centre, Tourist Information and 3 more
  • 1,940car parks within 3 km
  • 16campsites within 10 kmUrban Camp Copenhagen, Svanemøllehavnen, Charlottenlund fort and 13 more
  • 181places to stay within 10 kmIbsens Hotel, Petra, Phoenix Copenhagen and 178 more
  • 1,364restaurants 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 University of Copenhagen 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.

Peakyas6 mountains within 25 km
Oxbjerget40 m · 9.9 kmHøjnæsbjerg13 kmGeels Bakke15 kmSandbjerg18 kmMaglebjerg19 kmMøllebakken24 km
Islandyasthe island
Amager96 km²
Coastya7 beaches within 10 km
Langeliniebugten1.7 kmHavnebadet ved Islands Brygge2.1 kmCopencabana2.8 kmAmager Strand5.0 kmAmager Strandpark5.9 kmKastrup Søbad6.5 kmCharlottenlund Søbad7.0 km
Lakeyas4 lakes within 15 km
The Lakes, Copenhagen0.5 km² · 1.2 kmDamhus Lake0.5 km² · 6.2 kmLyngby Lake0.5 km² · 11 kmLake Bagsværd1.1 km² · 12 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
Tycho Brahe PlanetariumBortle 9 · 1.7 kmObservatorium TusculanumBortle 6 · 17 kmStjärneborgBortle 4 · 26 km
Viewyas3 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Rundetaarn32 m · 0.6 kmCopenhagen Zoo Tower3.6 kmTuborg Bottle4.1 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.

Botanisk Laboratorium - garden side
Mike Linksvayer from Oakland, California · CC BY 2.0
Palm House, Copenhagen Botanical Garden
Eoghan OLionnain from Brussels, Belgium · CC BY-SA 2.0
Palm House Copenhagen
Einaz80 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden

Denmark

  • 42Forestyas Score
  • 13%Trees
  • 64%Wild
  • 714Species

Gribskov

Denmark · 38 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 74%Trees
  • 79%Wild
  • 1,880Species

See the guide

Store Dyrehave

Denmark · 29 km

  • 79Forestyas Score
  • 70%Trees
  • 74%Wild
  • 1,559Species

See the guide

Rude Skov

Denmark · 18 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 60%Trees
  • 82%Wild
  • 1,811Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q892711) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species43,985 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, Islandyas, Coastya, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas

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

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

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

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here