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Pyhä Häkki National Park

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Address
  
Phone
  
+358 20 6395270

Area
  
13 km²

Established
  
1956

Pyhä-Häkki National Park

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Salamajärvi National Park, Leivonmäki National Park, Isojärvi National Park, Kauhaneva–Pohjankangas National Park, Hiidenportti National Park

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Pyh h kki national park finland


Pyhä-Häkki National Park (Pyhä-Häkin kansallispuisto) is a national park in Central Finland. It was established in 1956 (extended in 1982 when Kotaneva was joined to it) and covers 13 square kilometres (5 sq mi). Its foundation was planned already in the late 1930s, but the Second World War interrupted these plans.

The national park protects old Scots pine and Norway spruce copses, which started growing when Finland was still under Swedish rule, and bogs, which comprise half of the national park. The national park is the largest remaining area of virgin forest in the southern half of Finland. In addition to the pine and the spruce, Betula pendula, Betula pubescens, Populus tremula, and Alnus glutinosa (the latter along some creeks) are the taller tree species encountered in the national park.

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Pyhä-Häkki National Park Wikipedia


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