The clearcut is 12.9 hectares in size. The forest that grew here before final felling was about 150 years old and it was dominated by Norway spruce. As in so many other old forests, there were clear traces of forest fires that long ago passed through here. Occasional old tall Scots pines, with Common witch’s hair on their bark, rose above the canopy. The ground was covered with tall Bilberry and on moister patches, tall ferns grew. Tree lungworth grew on some of the old Goat willows and both Common witch’s hair and Spiny grey horsehair lichen were found on the spruce branches. On individual spruces, the typical chew marks created by the Three-toed woodpecker were seen. But despite finds of many red-listed species, the forest was felled by an FSC-certified forestry company on behalf of the small-scale forestry.







