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University of Tartu Botanical Gardens

Dezidor · CC BY-SA 2.5

35% trees around it and 928 species recorded.

52Forestyas Score

ArboretumFungiBirds

  • trees within 3 km35%
  • wild within 10 km61%
  • species recorded928

The forest around

35% 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 42%Grassland 1%Water 4%Built-up 52%Trees 34%Grassland 22%Water 2%Bare ground 0%Cropland 8%Built-up 34%Trees 30%Grassland 26%Wetland 0%Water 1%Bare ground 0%Cropland 31%Built-up 11%Trees 36%Grassland 26%Wetland 1%Water 1%Cropland 34%Built-up 2%35%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km42%
  • 1–3 km34%
  • 3–6 km30%
  • 6–10 km36%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees34%
  • Grassland22%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water2%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland8%
  • Built-up34%

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

928 species recorded.

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

Bishop's goutweed
Bishop's goutweedAegopodium podagraria582 recordsBeko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Siberian hazelnut
Siberian hazelnutCorylus heterophylla42 recordsDalgial · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cock's-foot
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata29 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Yellow-paint maple
Yellow-paint mapleAcer pictum27 recordsTeunSpaans · Public domain
Eurasian Aspen
Eurasian AspenPopulus tremula26 recordsØyvind Holmstad · CC BY-SA 4.0
Evening catchfly
Evening catchflySilene latifolia18 recordsJackyM59 · CC BY-SA 4.0
European bird cherry
European bird cherryPrunus padus15 recordsИгоревич · Public domain
Spring fumewort
Spring fumewortCorydalis solida13 recordsBernd Haynold · CC BY 2.5
White Dead-nettle
White Dead-nettleLamium album11 recordsJohann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm ) · Public domain
Greater Plantain
Greater PlantainPlantago major10 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Rampion Bellflower
Rampion BellflowerCampanula rapunculoides10 recordsD. Gordon E. Robertson · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common yarrow
Common yarrowAchillea millefolium9 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 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.

52out of 100

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

  • 35%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 61%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 928Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking in June.

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

  1. Jan-5°-10°52 mm
  2. Feb-4°-10°46 mm
  3. Mar1°-6°43 mm
  4. Apr8°1°47 mm
  5. May16°7°60 mm
  6. Jun19°12°96 mm
  7. Jul22°15°79 mm
  8. Aug21°14°93 mm
  9. Sep16°9°61 mm
  10. Oct8°3°71 mm
  11. Nov2°-2°71 mm
  12. Dec-2°-7°60 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 Tartu Botanical Gardens.

Botanical garden in Tartu, Estonia

University of Tartu Botanical Gardens is an arboretum in Estonia.

Seen from space, 35% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 61% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

928 species have been recorded around it: 144 plants, 651 fungi, 128 birds and 5 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Bishop's goutweed, Siberian hazelnut and Cock's-foot.

The best time to walk is in June.

Tartu, botanická zahrada
Dezidor · CC BY-SA 2.5

Get there and walk

  • VisitingHours in OpenStreetMap: Apr 15-Oct 15 07:00-21:00; Oct 16-Apr 14 07:00-19:00
  • Tiksoja lõkkekohtcampsite · 3.6 km · 4 within 10 km
  • Tampere Majaplace to stay · 0.3 km · 42 within 10 km
  • Tartunearest town · 0.5 km in a straight line
  • Tartu Airport (TAY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 9 km in a straight lineCar hire at TAY airport (Tartu)Discover Cars · sponsored link

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 Tartu 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

  • 4marked trails within 5 kmEmajõe kallasrada, Raekoja plats, Tiksoja matkarajad and 1 more
  • 3named and notable trees within 6 kmOlga lehis, Kalevi tamm, Ebaküpress
  • 12picnic sites within 4 km
  • 92shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 6viewpoints within 5 kmMusumägi, Toomkiriku tornid, Kollane aken: Tartu raekoda and 3 more
  • 3visitor centres within 6 kmTartu külastuskeskus
  • 819car parks within 3 km
  • 4campsites within 10 kmTiksoja lõkkekoht, Kure Turismitalu, Tenno lõkkekoht and 1 more
  • 42places to stay within 10 kmTampere Maja, Hotell SOHO, Terviseks and 39 more
  • 114restaurants 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 Tartu 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.

Peakyas6 mountains within 25 km
Musumägi0.6 kmToomemägi0.7 kmNarvamägi0.7 kmVooremägi15 kmVapramägi21 kmMügramägi118 m · 23 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Tartu ObservatoryBortle 3 · 20 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Emajõgi100 km · 70 m³/sAhja River104 kmTatra River

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

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Tartu, botanická zahrada
Dezidor · CC BY-SA 2.5
UT Botanical Garden1 2008
Flying Saucer · CC BY-SA 3.0
UT Botanical Garden3 2008
Flying Saucer · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

University of Tartu Botanical Gardens

Estonia

  • 52Forestyas Score
  • 35%Trees
  • 61%Wild
  • 928Species

Tamme-Lauri oak

Estonia · 53 km

  • 56Forestyas Score
  • 56%Trees
  • 78%Wild
  • 69Species

See the guide

Luua Arboretum

Estonia · 30 km

  • 47Forestyas Score
  • 42%Trees
  • 64%Wild
  • 99Species

See the guide

Šmerlis

Latvia · 215 km

  • 61Forestyas Score
  • 53%Trees
  • 81%Wild
  • 259Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q946301) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species32,585 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, Darkskyas, 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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