26 cantons, very different terrain

Built first for Swiss forests.

From the Jura to Alpine valleys, relief, tree cover and microclimates change quickly.

Plateau, Oberland and pre-Alpine valleys

Zurich

Lowland broadleaf woods give way to wetter mixed forests and the rolling Oberland.

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Geneva basin, Rhône and gentle hills

Geneva

Low-elevation broadleaf woods are fragmented across a densely used landscape.

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Bernese Jura, Plateau, Emmental and Oberland

Bern

A wide elevation gradient links Jura beech woods, Emmental hills and Alpine conifers.

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Central Plateau, hills and Pre-Alps

Lucerne

Damp hills and mixed woods rise towards cooler pre-Alpine terrain in the south.

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Vaud Jura, Plateau and Pre-Alps

Vaud

Jura beech woods, Jorat mixed forests and high-elevation conifers create strong contrasts.

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Rhône valley, dry slopes and Alps

Valais

The dry valley floor contrasts with larch, spruce and wetter side-valley microclimates.

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Southern Alps, valleys and Insubric hills

Ticino

Chestnut and beech woods meet steep elevation gradients and a locally southern climate.

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Alpine valleys, Engadine and southern valleys

Graubünden

Larch, stone pine, spruce and large elevation changes shift local seasons.

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Rhine city and urban woodland

Basel-Stadt

A highly urban canton with limited, heavily visited woodland.

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Fribourg Plateau and Pre-Alps

Fribourg

Mixed lowland forests rise quickly into fir-beech woods and wooded pre-Alpine pastures.

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Lakeshore, valleys and High Jura

Neuchâtel

Limestone slopes, wooded pastures and high forests shape a distinctly Jura setting.

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Limestone plateaus, Ajoie and Franches-Montagnes

Jura

Beech, fir and wooded pastures dominate a cool limestone landscape.

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Plateau, river valleys and Jura foothills

Aargau

Broadleaf and mixed woods sit between major river valleys and the first Jura slopes.

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Pre-Alpine hills and Alpstein

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Pasture, groves and damp forest alternate across tightly folded terrain.

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Appenzell basin and Alpstein

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Damp pre-Alpine forests quickly meet Alpstein cliffs and high pastures.

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Table Jura and Basel valleys

Basel-Landschaft

Limestone beech woods and wooded valleys shape a low but folded Jura landscape.

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Alpine valley and high mountains

Glarus

Steep slope forests rise quickly into conifers and exposed Alpine areas.

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Lake Lucerne and pre-Alpine slopes

Nidwalden

From lakeshore to wooded slopes, elevation and aspect change over short distances.

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Lakes and central Pre-Alps

Obwalden

Damp forests rise quickly into conifers and Alpine pasture.

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Rhine, limestone hills and Randen forests

Schaffhausen

Randen broadleaf woods spread across comparatively dry limestone terrain.

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Lakes, Pre-Alps and central mountains

Schwyz

Damp slopes shift from mixed woods to conifers under strong topographic influence.

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Plateau and Jura ridges

Solothurn

Plateau forests quickly meet limestone slopes and Jura beech woods.

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Eastern Plateau, Toggenburg and Alps

St. Gallen

Often damp conditions link broadleaf woods, Toggenburg hills and Alpine conifers.

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Rolling Plateau and Lake Constance

Thurgau

Broadleaf woodland and farmland alternate across lake-influenced rolling hills.

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Reuss valley and Central Alps

Uri

Steep slopes create many aspects and microclimates from valley floor to conifer belt.

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Lake, hills and central Pre-Alps

Zug

Damp mixed woods connect the lake with the cooler slopes of the Zugerberg.

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