Statistics Norway

The National Forest Inventory

6 Registered incidence of different habitats1 in productive forest, by region. 2004-2008. Hectares and per cent
Region Productive forest area
below the coniferous forest line
Standing dead trees Dead wood lying Trees with
nutrient-rich bark
Trees with
pendant lichens
Late successions
of deciduous
Old trees Rich ground
vegetation
  Hectares
Surveyed regions, total 7 414 800  215 761  988 584 19 516  200 355  135 736  129 947  213 117
Østfold, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark 1 895 500 20 066  121 575 0 41 600 18 736 28 044 19 753
Oppland, Buskerud and Vestfold 1 441 300 29 705  185 133 4 035 63 646 21 757 45 866 70 385
Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder 1 118 100 60 496  217 228 7 820 5 970 62 830 24 856 38 034
Rogaland, Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane and Møre og Romsdal  935 800 40 111  138 133 2 503 14 894 11 749 7 565 34 362
Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag 1 015 000 36 115  169 441 2 114 53 211 14 047 20 107 18 407
Nordland and Troms Romsa 1 009 100 29 268  157 074 3 044 21 034 6 617 3 509 32 176
Finnmark Finnmárku .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
  Per cent
Surveyed regions, total  100.0 2.8 12.7 0.3 2.6 1.7 1.7 2.7
Østfold, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark  100.0 1.0 6.2 0.0 2.1 1.0 1.4 1.0
Oppland, Buskerud and Vestfold  100.0 2.0 12.2 0.3 4.2 1.4 3.0 4.6
Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder  100.0 5.1 18.5 0.7 0.5 5.3 2.1 3.2
Rogaland, Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane and Møre og Romsdal  100.0 4.0 13.9 0.3 1.5 1.2 0.8 3.5
Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag  100.0 3.4 15.9 0.2 5.0 1.3 1.9 1.7
Nordland and Troms Romsa  100.0 2.8 14.8 0.3 2.0 0.6 0.3 3.0
Finnmark Finnmárku .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1  Corresponds to the registration of habitats for vulnerable and endangered species (red listed species) in ordinary forest management planning. Two or more habitats may be registered within the same area.
Source: The Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute. The National Forest Inventory, 2004-2008.

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