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Vytautas Magnus University Botanical Garden

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36% trees around it and 166 species recorded.

46Forestyas Score

ArboretumBirds

  • trees within 3 km36%
  • wild within 10 km61%
  • species recorded166
  • Altitude77 m

The forest around

36% 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 46%Grassland 19%Water 2%Cropland 2%Built-up 31%Trees 35%Grassland 20%Wetland 0%Water 6%Cropland 2%Built-up 37%Trees 30%Grassland 21%Water 4%Cropland 18%Built-up 26%Trees 36%Grassland 20%Water 7%Bare ground 0%Cropland 22%Built-up 15%36%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km46%
  • 1–3 km35%
  • 3–6 km30%
  • 6–10 km36%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees35%
  • Grassland20%
  • Water6%
  • Cropland2%
  • Built-up37%

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

166 species recorded.

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

European mistletoe
European mistletoeViscum album5 recordsGeorge Chernilevsky · CC BY 4.0
Consound
ConsoundSymphytum officinale4 recordsAgnieszka Kwiecień ( Nova ) · CC BY 2.5
Common Hawthorn
Common HawthornCrataegus monogyna4 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Glaucous sedge
Glaucous sedgeCarex flacca3 recordsKristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 09:16, 13 July 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Eastern daisy fleabane
Eastern daisy fleabaneErigeron annuus3 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
Greater Celandine
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus3 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Woodland forget-me-not
Woodland forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica3 recordsAndré Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5
Smooth oxeye
Smooth oxeyeHeliopsis helianthoides3 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
Avenula pubescens
Avenula pubescensAvenula pubescens2 recordsRadio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria · CC BY 2.0
False Oat-grass
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2 recordsForest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
Lesser pond sedge
Lesser pond sedgeCarex acutiformis2 recordsThis photography was created by Artem Topchiy (user Art-top ). Other photos see here This · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hornbeam
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2 recordsBotaurus · 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.

46out of 100

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

  • 36%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 61%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 166Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 77 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in May and in September.

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

  1. Jan-3°-8°58 mm
  2. Feb-1°-8°45 mm
  3. Mar4°-4°46 mm
  4. Apr12°1°44 mm
  5. May18°7°65 mm
  6. Jun21°11°81 mm
  7. Jul23°14°99 mm
  8. Aug22°13°86 mm
  9. Sep18°8°56 mm
  10. Oct10°3°70 mm
  11. Nov4°0°60 mm
  12. Dec0°-5°57 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Vytautas Magnus University Botanical Garden.

University botanical garden in Kaunas, Lithuania

Vytautas Magnus University Botanical Garden is an arboretum in Lithuania.

Seen from space, 36% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 61% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

166 species have been recorded around it: 41 plants, 0 fungi, 125 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: European mistletoe, Consound and Common Hawthorn.

The best time to walk is in May and in September.

VMU Botanical Garden in Kaunas 2019-07-15
SUJIRENas · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

Vytautas Magnus University 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

  • 6marked trails within 5 kmJiesios pažintinis takas, Camino Lituano 12 etapas: Biliūnai–Kaunas, Camino Lituano 13 etapas: Kaunas–Pažaislis and 3 more
  • 4named and notable trees within 6 kmSenoji Kauno obelis, Lietuvos nepriklausomybės ąžuolas, Ąžuolo ir pušies draugystė and 1 more
  • 11picnic sites within 4 km
  • 24shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 16viewpoints within 5 kmPanemunės šilo panorama, Vaizdas į Nemuną ir Kauno senamiestį, Aleksoto apžvalgos aikštelė and 13 more
  • 5visitor centres within 6 kmKauno turizmo informacijos centras, Senamiesčio turizmo centras and 3 more
  • 337car parks within 3 km
  • 3campsites within 10 kmKaunas City, Kaunas Lake, Panerio poilsiavietė
  • 53places to stay within 10 kmIbis Styles, ibis Kaunas Centre, City Hostel and 50 more
  • 113restaurants 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 Vytautas Magnus University 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.

Peakyas1 mountains within 25 km
Aleksotas Hill2.8 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Lampėdis1.0 km² · 7.1 kmGaižėnų tvenkinys0.3 km² · 12 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Neman937 km · 678 m³/sJiesia62 km · 3.0 m³/sPiktupė

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

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Kaunas Botanical Garden, July 2025, bridge behind entrance
Bdx · CC0
Kaunas Botanical Garden, July 2025, greenhouse exterior
Bdx · CC0
VMU Botanical Garden in Kaunas greenhouse 2025
SUJIRENas · CC BY 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Vytautas Magnus University Botanical Garden

Lithuania

  • 46Forestyas Score
  • 36%Trees
  • 61%Wild
  • 166Species

Rūdininkai Forest

Lithuania · 93 km

  • 79Forestyas Score
  • 98%Trees
  • 95%Wild
  • 127Species

See the guide

Augustów Primeval Forest

Belarus · 115 km

  • 79Forestyas Score
  • 90%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 93Species

See the guide

Hrodzenskaja pušča

Belarus · 101 km

  • 74Forestyas Score
  • 72%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 122Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3443536) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,534 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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