ForestDB
115 forests and woodlands worldwide with area, type, key species, and ecological importance. From the Amazon to ancient woodlands.
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Amazon Rainforest
The largest tropical rainforest. Produces 20% of the worlds oxygen. Contains 10% of all kn...
Congo Rainforest
The second largest tropical rainforest. Contains 600 tree species and 10,000 animal specie...
Białowieża Forest
The last remaining primary lowland forest in Europe, shared by Poland and Belarus. A UNESC...
Redwood National Forest
Contains the tallest trees on Earth. Hyperion reaches 115.92 m. Coast redwoods can live 2,...
Monteverde Cloud Forest
A cloud forest reserve at 1,400 m elevation with constant mist from cloud cover. Over 2,50...
Daintree Rainforest
The oldest continuously surviving tropical rainforest at 180 million years. Contains speci...
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Called impenetrable because the dense undergrowth. Home to 459 mountain gorillas - nearly ...
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
Contains the oldest known living organisms. Methuselah is 4,856 years old. An unnamed tree...
Tropical rainforest (24)
Amazon Rainforest
The largest tropical rainforest. Produces 20% of the worlds oxygen. Contains 10% of all kn...
Congo Rainforest
The second largest tropical rainforest. Contains 600 tree species and 10,000 animal specie...
Daintree Rainforest
The oldest continuously surviving tropical rainforest at 180 million years. Contains speci...
Sinharaja Forest Reserve
A UNESCO World Heritage Site and the last viable area of primary tropical rainforest in Sr...
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
A UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising three national parks. The only place where tigers,...
Borneo Lowland Rainforest
One of the oldest rainforests at 140 million years. The Rafflesia produces the largest flo...
Tropical Rainforest of Madagascar
90% of species are endemic - the highest rate of any country. 12,000 plant species, 80% en...
Ituri Forest
Home of the okapi, found nowhere else on Earth. The Mbuti pygmies have lived here for 40,0...
Kakamega Forest
The easternmost remnant of the Guineo-Congolian rainforest that once stretched across Cent...
Lambir Hills National Park
One of the most diverse forests on Earth. 1,200 tree species in 52 hectares - a world reco...
Danum Valley
One of the best-preserved lowland rainforests in Borneo, never logged. Over 320 tree speci...
Khao Sok National Park
One of the oldest rainforests on Earth at 160 million years. The Rafflesia kerrii flower b...
Mixed temperate (17)
Black Forest
Named for the dense canopy that blocks sunlight; the Romans called it Silva Nigra. Famous ...
Sherwood Forest
Famous as the home of Robin Hood. The Major Oak is 800-1,000 years old. Once a royal hunti...
New Forest
Created by William the Conqueror in 1079 as a hunting ground. New Forest ponies roam freel...
Trossachs Forest
The forests that inspired Walter Scotts poem Lady of the Lake. Loch Katrine runs through i...
Hallerbos
Famous for its spectacular bluebell carpet each spring. The bluebells bloom for only 2-3 w...
Pisgah National Forest
The first national forest in the eastern USA. Established 1916 on land bought by George Va...
White Mountain National Forest
The most visited national forest in the northeast. Mount Washington has the worst weather ...
Ardennes Forest
Site of the Battle of the Bulge in WWII. Heavily forested region on slate and sandstone. T...
Bavarian Forest
Together with Bohemian Forest forms the largest contiguous forest in Central Europe. Reint...
Bohemian Forest
Forms the border between Bavaria and Bohemia. The Vltava River (Moldau) originates here. S...
Carpathian Forest
The largest mountain forest ecosystem in Europe. Contains Europes largest populations of l...
Prioksko-Terrasny Forest
A nature reserve south of Moscow. A bison breeding center since 1948. The Russian desman i...
Temperate rainforest (14)
Valdivian Temperate Rainforest
One of the rarest forest types on Earth. Over 90% of plant species are endemic. The alerce...
Tongass National Forest
The largest national forest in the USA. Contains the largest remaining old-growth temperat...
Great Bear Rainforest
The largest intact temperate rainforest. The spirit bear (Kermode bear) is a rare white bl...
Pacific Temperate Rainforest
Stretching from Northern California to Alaska. The largest temperate rainforest on Earth. ...
Yakushima Forest
A subtropical island forest. Some cedar trees are 1,000-2,000 years old. Receives 4,000-10...
Redwood National Forest
Contains the tallest trees on Earth. Hyperion reaches 115.92 m. Coast redwoods can live 2,...
Olympic National Forest
One of the largest temperate rainforests in the USA. The Hoh Rainforest receives 3,600 mm ...
Alerce Andino Forest
Contains alerce trees over 3,600 years old. The alerce is the second longest-living tree a...
Wollemi Pine Forest
The Wollemi pine was thought extinct for 200 million years. Discovered in 1994 by a bushwa...
Fiordland Temperate Rainforest
Part of the UNESCO Te Wahipounamu site. The kakapo is the heaviest parrot, with only 250 a...
Waitakere Ranges Forest
Contains some of the last mature kauri trees. The kauri can live 2,000+ years and reach 50...
Tarkine Forest
The second largest temperate rainforest in the world. Contains 1,000+ year old Huon pine. ...
Boreal forest (4)
Taiga
The largest terrestrial biome. Covers 11% of Earths land surface. Contains 1/3 of all tree...
Siberian Taiga
The largest forest region on Earth. Contains 25% of the worlds timber reserves. Lake Baika...
Canadian Boreal Forest
One of the largest intact forests on Earth. Contains 80% of the worlds surface freshwater....
Scandinavian Taiga
The western edge of the Eurasian taiga. Sweden is 69% forested. Finland is 73% forested. F...
Montane forest (3)
Eastern Arc Mountains Forest
Called the Galapagos of Africa for endemism. 96 vertebrate species found nowhere else. The...
Uluguru Forest Reserve
Part of the Eastern Arc Mountains. Over 100 endemic plant species. The African violet (Sai...
Mau Forest
The largest closed-canopy forest in East Africa. Critical water catchment for 12 rivers in...
Laurel forest (3)
Laurel Forest of Madeira
A UNESCO World Heritage Site. The largest surviving area of laurel forest. Once covered mu...
Laurisilva of the Azores
Laurisilva remnants on the Azores islands. The Azores bullfinch (priolo) is critically end...
Garajonay National Park
A UNESCO World Heritage Site. A pristine laurel forest on La Gomera. Constant cloud cover ...
Subtropical rainforest (3)
Gondwana Rainforests
A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Contains remnants of ancient Gondwana forests. Antarctic bee...
Lamington National Park Rainforest
Ancient subtropical rainforest astride the Queensland and New South Wales border, part of ...
Fraser Island Rainforest
The only place on Earth where tall rainforest grows on sand dunes, some rising 200+ m. Sat...
Montane cloud forest (3)
Cloud Forest of Rwanda
Home to the mountain gorilla, one of our closest relatives. Only about 1,000 remain. Dian ...
Harenna Forest
A cloud forest on the southern slopes of the Bale Mountains. Wild Coffea arabica grows nat...
Yungas Cloud Forest
A steep band of cloud forest on the eastern Andes and among the most biodiverse forests in...