Latvia
is home to many lush forests. Latvia's lush forests cover more than 44% of the
country's landscape.
The
Latvian forests contain both coniferous and deciduous trees such as pines, fir
trees, oak, linden, aspen, birch, elders and maples.
"In traditional Latvian folk beliefs
and folklore the linden tree is looked upon as a female symbol, but the oak - a
male symbol. The nation's reverence for these trees, which in earlier times
were considered sacred, can be witnessed, for example, in a landscape where, in
the middle of a cultivated field there still remains a lone large, sacred oak
or linden tree".
The
chrysanthemum is the national flower of Latvia, which also boasts a plethora of
wild flowers including the pipene, orchid, oleander, jasmine, periwinkle,
aster, cornflower and dahlia.
Blueberries
and cranberries are abundant in the country's many forests and bogs. Ferns,
moss and grasses are bountiful.
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