Forest vegetation zones

Finland extends in a north-south direction through the boreal coniferous forest zone. It is divided into four sub-zones, the boundaries of which are determined by differences in vegetation due to the thermal climate. The sub-zones will continue to be divided into parcels determined mainly by vegetation differences due to the oceanic and continental nature of the climate. The material is based on the memorandum of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry No 3/1994 describing the biodiversity of Finnish forest nature in digitised material, which has been modified to meet the needs of threat assessments by screen digitisation using different background materials. The data is included in SYKE's open data (CC BY 4.0). An INSPIRE data product has been published from the data. Purpose: The data is used for producing background maps and for rough analyses. Finland extends through the boreal coniferous forest zone. It is divided into sub-zones and blocks determined by vegetation differences due to the maritime and continental climate. The dataset is based on the Ministry of the Environment's Memorandum No. 3/1994. It has been modified for the needs of assessment of threatened habitat types in Finland. The material is used for background maps and overall analyzes. This Syke’s dataset can be used according to open data license (CC BY 4.0). INSPIRE compatible dataset has been published.