Above 1000 m · 1020–2846 m

What grows on Tenerife above 1000 metres

The belt of Canary pine and the high mountains of Teide. Winter brings frost and snow on the summit; daytime sun is very strong. Tropical plants do not survive, but fruit trees that need cold do: apple, cherry, chestnut.

Zone climate

13.0°yearly average
6°night in the coldest month
24°day in the warmest month
473mm of rain per year

Medians over zone points about 1 km apart: 1981–2010 averages (CHELSA), adjusted for altitude with Copernicus DEM.

Where it is

Vilaflor, the upper parts of La Orotava, Granadilla and Arico, the pine forests, Las Cañadas del Teide

Vilaflor de Chasna 94%La Orotava 84%Icod de los Vinos 58%El Tanque 57%Garachico 56%Guía de Isora 52%Santiago del Teide 52%San Juan de la Rambla 51%Arafo 50%Los Realejos 50%La Victoria de Acentejo 49%La Guancha 47%Fasnia 43%Santa Úrsula 42%Arico 39%Güímar 36%Adeje 31%Candelaria 28%El Sauzal 24%La Matanza de Acentejo 24%El Rosario 22%Granadilla de Abona 22%

Marianna's tips

Check cold hardiness: the plant base has a “to −5 °C or lower” filter.
Plant in spring after the frosts, not in autumn as on the coast.
Do not plant fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum): it is on the Spanish catalogue of invasive species and is pushing out local flora all the way up to Teide.