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Diversity in boreal region & unusual survivors

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Conyza canadensis (Kanadankoiransilmä)

Rather unknown but common plant, originally from North America. It is said to be an invasive alien species but at least in Finland it is...

Cirsium oleraceum (Keltaohdake)

Seldom seen wild flower growing usually on road sides. It has rather soft light green leaves and yellowish flowers, not so common for a...

Cirsium arvense (Huopaohdake)

A really persistent weed, perhaps the worst of all, growing high and shadowing in all kind of soil. The root system is strong and deep so...

Chenopodium album (Jauhosavikka)

C.album is a common weed on clay fields and though it is just annual, it spreads its seed so effectively that it is nearly impossible to...

Chelidonium majus (Keltamo)

This actually beautiful wild plant seem to be common in southern Finland. In my garden it is very common and behaves like a bad weed...

Chamaenerion angustifolium (Maitohorsma)

This is a very common pioneer plant of the boreal region and it can grow in enormous amounts f.ex. on old forest cuts. It flowers in the...

Centaurea scabiosa (Ketokaunokki)

Very similar to C.jacea and I managed to have both of these beautiful species on the same sandy meadow. C. scabiosa has forked green...

Centaurea jacea (Ahdekaunokki)

This sis a wild flower preferring hot and dry sandy slopes. Compared with C.scabiosa the green leaves of jacea are not forked.

Campanula rotundifolia (Kissankello)

This is the most common bluebell in Finnish nature. It occurs all over the country on different kind of meadows, along the roads and on...

Campanula rapunculoides Varsankello

This bluebell grows wild in Finland and it is quite common in the southern part of the country. These plants are moved from the...

Campanula persicifolia (Kurjenkello)

This bluebell species is quite common in the Finnish nature, but it doesn't grow everywhere. It likes nutrient rich soil where it has to...

Campanula patula (Harakankello)

This species is a very common bluebell growing on every meadow all over our country. It is not perennial so it is difficult to have it in...

Campanula glomerata (Peurankello)

This is a beautiful wild bluebell with some violet tinge. It grows often along the roadsides and is easy to plant in the garden before...

Calluna vulgaris (Kanerva)

There is a large rock behind my house. Most of that area is covered by Calluna, which in Finland flowers in August. Calluna needs dry or...

Calla palustris (Vehka)

There are three ponds which collect rain water, two small and one larger. In the smallest one I have planted 2018 a small piece of calla...

Calamagrostis arundinacea (Metsäkastikka)

A tall growing common grass, usually treated as weed by people here. But the species is hardy and quite beautiful, so it can also be used...

Artemisia campestris (Ketomaruna)

This slender artemisia grows usually on railway ruderates and needs a dry, sandy soil. I have planted it on the most heat point of my...

Angelica sylvestris (Karhunputki)

This is a very common plant everywhere on the meadows attracting also to its flowers a lot of different insects. It can reach a height of...

Achillea ptarmica (Ojakärsämö)

A beautiful small flower growing wild among other plants. This species is common in Finland for ex. along the roadsides. It is a splashy...

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