1. Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae) 2. Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and/or of the Isoeto-Nanojuncetea 3. Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp 4. Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition -type vegetation 5. Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds 6. Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) 7. Fennoscandian lowland species-rich dry to mesic grasslands 8. Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels 9. Northern boreal alluvial meadows 10. Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis) 11. Fennoscandian wooded meadows 12. Active raised bogs 13
tempe rature ~ Lowest recorded temperature Major Ocean Currents ........ Cool ~ currents Warm currents 20'W .. Vegetat ion Unclassified high lands or ice cap Tundra and alp ine tundra Coniferous forest Midlatitude deciduous forest Subtropical broadleaf evergreen fo rest Mixed forest Midlatitude scrubland Midlatitude grassland Desert Tropical seasonal and scrub D Tropical rain forest D Tropical savanna PACIFIC I OCEAN 0' - EQUATOR -+---- --+_------+-------+-------,..--- ----.f ....:lO :;n .----~- ...::: -_+--_:f _n_ ""-+_-- -