%0 Article
%T The yields of the edible wild berries in Central Finland
%A Raatikainen, Mikko
%A Huovinen, Jarmo
%A Koskela, Merja-Leena
%A Niemelä, Maija
%A Raatikainen, Terttu
%A Rossi, Esko
%D 1984
%J Silva Fennica
%V 18
%N 3
%R doi:10.14214/sf.a15393
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/5214
%X <p>A study on wild berry-bearing plants was made in five municipalities in Central Finland during 1978–81. Yield of lingonberry (<em>Vaccinium vitis-idaea</em> L.) was 8.0 kg/ha of forest area. Bilberry (<em>Vaccinium myrtillus</em> L.) produced 4.3 kg/ha and black crowberry (<em>Empetrum nigrum</em> coll. L.) 1.5 kg/ha. Lingonberry comprised 40%, bilberry 27% and black crowberry 14% of the total berry yield. Any other species produced less than 10% of the total yield. Lingonberry produced high yield in clear-cut areas and in old Scots pine dominated forests but bilberry production was restricted almost completely to old sparse forests.</p>
<p>The total lingonberry yield in Finland was estimated as 180 million kg and the total bilberry yield as 150–200 million kg. About 80% of the lingonberry yield and 60% of bilberry yield was judged to be gatherable on the basis of the yield.</p>
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