Plants
Adder's tongue fern Rare
Master of deception
Beach pea
Enchantingly beautiful
Bearberry
Flavourless berry
Bird's-foot trefoil
Brilliant golden yellow flowers
Common alder
The characteristic tree of wet coastal forests
Common reed
Extensive reed beds
Crowberry
Grows on rocks
Eurasian dwarf cornel
White flower carpets of early summer
Purple loosestrife
Lovely flowers by the seashore
Rugosa rose
The scourge of the shores
Sand ryegrass
Impressive shore grass
Scots pine
Finland’s most common tree species
Sea milkwort
Salt bather
Seaside centaury and lesser centaury
Beautiful pink flowers
Birds
Black woodpecker
Tree-knocker
Common goldeneye
Kalevala bird
Common raven
A powerful voice
Eurasian treecreeper
Small climbing bird
European crested tit
Easy to distinguish by its crest and call
Great crested grebe
Builder of floating nests
Long-tailed duck
Tundra duck
Tufted duck
Archipelago diver
White wagtail
Wagging tail
Whooper swan
The national bird of Finland