The Benslimane province lies between the two urban areas of Morocco (Rabat and Casablanca) and accommodates a wooded landscape in its middle that has considerable ecological and socio-economic value. Using a vegetation cover map from 1955 and two multispectral Landsat images from 1987 and 2001, combined with field observations, we were able to assess the spatial and temporal dynamic of this landscape over 47 years through a combination of remote sensing and geographic information systems. The results highlight a change in the environment that has evolved from a single-species Cork Oak forest landscape to a multi-species forest landscape with the advent of Pine and Eucalyptus afforestation, vine-growing areas, mining areas (quarries) ...