Muddus National Park
Swedish national park with ancient pine and boreal wildlife.
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Where it is
Coordinates: 66°54′00″N 20°10′01″E (66.9000, 20.1670) · Open in OpenStreetMap
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Muddus National Park (Swedish: [ˈmɵ̌dːɵs]; Lule Sami: Muttos) is a national park in northern Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland, with its largest part in the Gällivare Municipality. It belongs to the largely untouched UNESCO World Heritage classified Laponian area. The park is known for its old-growth forest, large boggy grounds, deep ravines, and waterfalls, and it contains Sweden's oldest known pine tree, estimated to be at least 710 years old.
Background
Muddus National Park features natural scenes including old-growth forest with large trees, large boggy grounds, and deep ravines between rocks. Sweden's oldest known pine tree is located here, having withstood a forest fire in 1413.
Forest fires have left traces on sample plots, with fire scars on living or dead trees and charcoal fragments in the humus layer. Investigations on 75 sample plots showed that major fire years in the Muddus area coincide with forest fires in other parts of northern Sweden, the taiga of western Russia, and central Siberia. Fires occurred in five different forest types, with the most frequent interval in pine forests being 81–90 years and a mean frequency of 110 years; the time since the last fire in pine forests was 144 years.
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- Common birds include capercaillie, black grouse, hazel hen, Siberian jay, and Siberian tit, with whooper swans, bean geese, and black-throated loons on lakes.
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Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Muddus National Park (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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