Plants
Eurasian aspen
A keystone species of the forest
Fly honeysuckle
Calciphile
Goat willow
Food for nearly 190 large butterfly and moth species
Greater stitchwort
Indigenous to Uusimaa
Hazel
Delicious hazelnuts
Hepatica
Bringing colour to spring
Lady fern
Common in wet herb-rich forests
Marsh marigold
Glowing stands on shores
Northern buckler fern
Large fern
Norway spruce
The Christmas tree
Small-leaved lime
The signature tree of Maunula
Solid-tubered corydalis
An impressive spring bloomer
Spring vetch
Bringing colour to forests in the spring
Suffolk lungwort Rare
Colour-changing inflorescence
Wood anemone
Mother’s Day flower
Wood sorrel
A sour taste
Yellow wood anemone Rare
One of Helsinki’s rarest plants
Mushrooms
Birds
Eurasian bullfinch
Familiar from Christmas cards
Eurasian jay
Acorn distributor
European goldfinch
Beautiful chirper
Goldcrest
Finland’s smallest bird
Grey-headed woodpecker
Nesting in aspen holes
Northern goshawk
Urban bird of prey
Robin
Gardener’s friend
Song thrush and redwing
Forests thrushes
Tawny owl
The most common owl in Helsinki
Wood warbler
A song like a coin rolling on a table
Yellowhammer
Rural bird