NordicForests.org » Gällivare http://nordicforests.org info about High Conservation Value Forests in Norway, Sweden and Finland Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:17:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Ratnivaara – pristine like pine forest http://nordicforests.org/ratnivaara-pristine-like-pine-forest/ http://nordicforests.org/ratnivaara-pristine-like-pine-forest/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 09:05:27 +0000 John Lööf Green http://nordicforests.org/wp/?p=61 Ratnivaara Photo: Elina Hinkkanen

Status: Unprotected
Land-owner: SCA
Size: >100 ha ha
Municipality: Gällivare

Pristine like pine forest exists at the top of Ratnivaara. The oldest pines are more than 300 years old. The area has got sub-alpine characteristics and contains lots of dead wood. 11 red-listed species were found in the forest such as: Hydnellum gracilipes (EN), Antrodia albobrunnea (VU) & Haploporus odorus (VU)

Read more at Naturskyddare.se. (In Swedish only)

Ratnivaara Photo: Per-Erik Mukka

Ratnivaara Photo: Elina Hinkkanen

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