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Trees and forest vegetation (5 cr)

Code: ME00DS70-3001

General information


Enrollment

16.12.2019 - 10.01.2020

Timing

01.01.2020 - 31.08.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 30

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Forestry

Teachers

  • Sini Rantanen
  • Heikki Manninen

Teacher in charge

Sini Rantanen

Groups

  • MEMI20KM
    Forestry, part-time studies

Objective

You can identify the main domestic tree species, wooden shrubs and foreign trees growing in Finland. You know the main species of plants growing in mineral and peatland soils and are also able to define biological, ecological and wood production characteristics of these species.

Content

What domestic and foreign tree species grow in Finland?
How can you identify them?
What other basic characteristics do these species have?

What ecological and biological characteristics do different ground vegetation species have?
How can you identify the main species of ground vegetation in mineral and peatland soils?

Evaluation scale

1-5