Abstract
Finland abounds with wild berries. The annual harvest of wild berries in Finland has been estimated at more than 50 million kilograms (110 million lb)-more than ten kilograms (22 lb) per Finn. Approximately 50 different species can be found in Finland in all kinds of environments from rocky seashores to swamps and forests. Of all the different species of wild berries in Finland, roughly 20 are edible. The best known and most valuable are lingonberry, bilberry, cloudberry, and buckthorn berry. The most commonly traded of the wild berries is the lingonberry.
Key Words:
- Lingonberry
- cowberry
- Vaccinium vitis-idaea
- bilberry
- Vaccinium myrtillus
- cloudberry
- Rubus chamaemorus
- crowberry
- Em-petrum nigrum
- E. hermaphroditum
- cranberry
- Vaccinium oxycoccos
- Vaccinium macrocarpon
- buckthorn berry
- Hippopha rhamnoides
- rowan-berry
- Sorbus aucuparia
- arctic bramble
- Rubus arcticus
- raspberry
- Rubus idaeus