(fi: metsäomenapuu, sv: vildapel)
Malus sylvestris
Distribution in Finland
Growing form
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Leaf
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Fruit and seed
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Additional information
Organism groups
Endangered status in Finland
ENDANGERED CATEGORY (International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classification)
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OUTDATED Safeguarding Endangered Species in Forestry – Project 2007-2010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OUTDATED Threatened species (NCD 1997/160, Appendix 4 2013/471)
