Forest of Fontainebleau
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A young man in the la forest of Fontainebleau, Pierre Auguste Renoir 1886

The Fontainebleau forest is famous for its large boulders.

The forest of Fontainebleau is an important forestland of France, lying 60 km southeast of Paris. It has an area of 280 km² (108 sq mi) and is located primarily in the arrondissement of Fontainebleau in the southwestern part of the department of Seine-et-Marne. Most of it lies in the canton of Fontainebleau, although parts of it extend into adjoining cantons and even as far west as the city of Milly-la-Forêt in neighboring Essonne department. Its major included communes are the cities of Fontainebleau and Avon.

Fauna and flora

• Most numerous trees are : Oaks (44 %), Scots Pine (40 %), European Beech (10 %);
• 3,000 species of mushrooms were discovered;
• 7,000 species animals, including 5,000 species of insects.

Flora

• Tor-grass (Brachypodium pinnatum);
• Service Tree of Fontainebleau (Sorbus latifolia, national protection);
• Amelanchier ovalis, national protection;
• Juniperus communis;
• Orchids
  • Limodorum abortivum;
  • Red Helleborine (Cephalanthera rubra, national protection);
• Thalictrum minus, national protection;
• Campanula persicifolia;
• Rubia peregrina;
• Rosa pimpinellifolia;
• Cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum);
• Vincetoxicum hirundinaria;
• Trifolium rubens, national protection.

Birds

• Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major);
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor);
• Great Tit (Parus major);
• Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus);
• Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita);
• Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus);
• Phylloscopus Bonelli;
• Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla).

In fiction

• The forest is the main scene of action of the trilogy Les Fourmis of Bernard Werber.
• Act 1 (Prologue in the Italian Version) of Verdi's opera "Don Carlos" is set in the forest of Fontainebleau.

See also

• Gorges d'Apremont, a rock climbing area

External links

• Fontainebleau, forêt d'émotions Official webpage from Office National des Forêts (in French)

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Coordinates: 48°25′N 2°40′E / 48.417, 2.667