1. Plants, Erasmus +
Jasmin, Eeva, Sara

2. Mosses:
Seinäsammal, feather moss, Pleurozium schreberi (CC BY-SA 3.0 Kristian Peters)

3. Mosses Small plants without flowers
Find mosses in a moist area out of the direct sunlight
Grows as a group
Usually grow in dense green clumps or mats, in damp or shady locations
Form continuous mats on the bottom
In forests and mires
Mosses can store huge amounts of water
Mosses are commonly confused with lichens, hornworts and liverworts
Traditional uses of mosses; as insulation and for the ability to absorb liquids up to 20 times their weight

4. Karhunsammal, haircap moss, Polytrichum (CC BY-SA 3.0 Vzb83)
Mosses:
Karhunsammal, haircap moss, Polytrichum (CC BY-SA 3.0 Vzb83)

5. Shrubs
Puolukka, lingonberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea. (Public domain Jonas Bergsten)

6. Shrubs
Variksenmarja, black crowberry, Empetrum nigrum. (Public domain J. Peltonen)

7. Shrubs
Kanerva, heather, Callena vulgaris. (CC BY-SA 3.0 bdk)

8. Shrubs - woody plants and smaller than trees
- usually less than 25 centimetres
- they lack a single trunk since you can see several of them arising from or near the ground
- common in the boreal type of forests
- some of them are evergreen, for example lingonberry

9. Star-tipped reindeer moss
Palleroporonjäkälä, star-tipped reindeer moss, Cladonia stellaris ; Harmaa poronjäkälä, reindeer moss, Cladonia rangiferina. These grow 1 mm / year. (Public domain Estormiz)

10. Elk lichen
Hirvenjäkälä, elk lichen, Cetraria lichen (CC BY-SA 3.0 Rotatebot)

11. Lichens
lichen is a dual organism consisting of the symbiotic association of green algae (phytobiont) and fungus (mycobiont)
can be found in the soils and on the surface of tree trunks/branches
the most common lichen in Finland is cladonia stellaris (star-tipped reindeer moss) and it grows in the whole Finland
grows especially in dry forests which are older than 80 years
lichens have many colors, sizes and forms

12. Beard lichen & Foliose lichen
Naava, beard lichen, Usnea; Karvejäkälä, foliose lichen, Parmelia (CC BY-SA 3.0 James Lindsey)

13. Beard & Foliose lichen
- beard lichen is an indicator of fresh and clean air
- grows all over the world
- both appear as a shrub-like growth on host trees
- a foliose lichen is a lichen with leafy body parts (thallus), which generally have a “skin”(cortex) on each side of the leafy lichen body parts(thallus)

14. Pine and spruce forest
index/SystemPhotos/highsprucefirsystem.aspx

15. Birch forest

16. Trees - Finland is the most forested country in Europe
- our forests are situated north of the Arctic Circle
- the climate is influenced by the Gulf Stream (brings warm water from the Atlantic
- the most common tree species are pine, pruce and birch
- one or two or tree species dominate in our forests
- in the dry forest, pine trees dominate

17. THANK YOU!