(fi: metsäomenapuu, sv: vildapel)

Malus sylvestris

Distribution in Finland

Growing form

Size

Stem

Leaf

Flower

Fruit and seed

Flowering time

Pollination

Habitat

Substrate

Additional information

Organism groups

Endangered status in Finland

ENDANGERED CATEGORY (International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classification)

IUCN threat classifications

CR Critically endangered

EN Endangered

VU Endangered

NT Near threatened

LC Least concern

2019 VU - vulnerable

2010 VU - vulnerable

2000 VU - vulnerable

Regulations

Threatened species (NCD 2023/1066, Appendix 6)

The Nature Conservation Decree can regulate a wild species whose natural survival in Finland has been endangered as an endangered species.

Plant species that are protected in the whole country (NCD 2023/1066, Appendix 3)

OUTDATED Safeguarding Endangered Species in Forestry – Project 2007-2010

Connectivity of forest conservation areas – SUMI Project 2020

Vascular plants – SUMI Project 2022

Safeguarding Endangered Species in Forestry – Lajiturva Project 2019–2021

Crop wild relative (CWR Priority species)

Crop wild relatives are wild species related to cultivated plants. The Finnish CWR priority species have been prioritized according to the utilisation potential and socioeconomic value. The priority list contains 55 species and 22 subspecies. The list has been prepared by Luke, Luomus and Metsähallitus in a project funded by Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Species used in the automatic procedure for forest use notifications (MKI-OHKE 2023)

OUTDATED Threatened species (NCD 1997/160, Appendix 4 2013/471)

Interaction relationships