I’m participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggersThis week’s Challenge is: Green!
Finland is Europe’s most heavily-forested country. Forests take over 74.2% of the land area.
There are about twenty indigenous tree species growing in Finland, the most common ones being pine, spruce and birch ). Usually two or three tree species dominate a forest.
Naturally pure pine stands are found in rocky terrain, on top of arid eskers and on pine swamps. Natural spruce stands are found on richer soil. Birch is commonly found as an admixture, but it can occasionally form pure birch stands.
About half of the forest land area consists of mixed stands. Rarer species are found mostly as solitary trees. The south-western corner and the south coast of Finland are touched by a narrow zone growing oak, maple, ash and elm.
Ritva Sillanmäki Photography 
Beautiful images 🙂
Thanks Jenn, summer and greenness is :-)lovely. so looking forward to it …
Ah and our summer is slowly turning … Not that here we have much of a winter lol
Absolutely beautiful images Ritva!
So much greenery, beautiful
Viehättävä kuvasarja. Olipa ihanaa kävellä metsässä. (Eteenkin kun ulkona on sumuinen harmaa ilmaa lumen sulaessa.)
Gorgeous greens! 5 & 6 are my favorites 🙂
Thank you Lynda 🙂 happy you enjoyed finnish sceneray