List of forests in Lithuania
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Bubiai-Padubysis-Forest, Šiauliai Regionalpark Pavilniai,_Pūčkoriai_.html" ;"title="Pūčkoriai.html" ;"title="Pavilniai, Pūčkoriai">Pavilniai, Pūčkoriai ">Pūčkoriai.html" ;"title="Pavilniai, Pūčkoriai">Pavilniai, Pūčkoriai Forests in Lithuania cover approximately 33% of Lithuania's territory. Of these, about 50% are publicly owned, and 30% are privately owned; the remainder is reserved for possible future privatization. The dominant species are Scots pine (''Pinus sylvestris'') (42%) and spruce (''Picea abies'') (22.8%). The average age of the forest stands is 53 years. The largest forest is Dainava Forest at 1,350 km2. Lithuania encompasses about 65,200 square km. Based on an estimated average of 100 trees per hectare, there are over 200 million trees in Lithuania.


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* Edvardas Riepšas. Lietuvos miškai.
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija The ''Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija'' or VLE (translation ''Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia'') is a 25-volume universal Lithuanian-language encyclopedia published by the Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Institute from 2001 to 2014. V ...
, T. XII (Lietuva). – Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2007. 66 psl. {{Europe in topic, List of forests in , countries_only=yes
Forests A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...
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