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While in southern Lapland there are plenty of trees the further north they grew sparse. Link to a map 'Männyn puuraja' = 'Tree limit for pine', 'Männyn metsänraja' = "Forest limit for pine', 'Kuusen metsänraja' = 'Forest limit of spruce'. Beyond these limits there are just these Betula nana or 'dwarf birches' (which are not trees but rather twigs and small bushes) and limited amount (on sheltered locations) of Betula pubescens variants or hybrids called 'fell birches' which are typically around 2 to 6 meters tall a 'tree' (looks like a tree from distance but is in fact more like a tall bush). Plenty of exposed or elevated terrain in northern Finnish Lapland is however devoid of trees. The passage about there being no trees refers to the conditions faced when fighting in the Petsamo direction. - Wanderer602 (talk) 09:06, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
I appreciate the information on Lapland trees. I think it would be a good idea to add this to the Lapland (Finland) article, which seems to paint a more tree-ful picture.
I'm still in favor of keeping trees out the specified paragraph in this article, as the only significance it gave for this was that it made the area good for tanks, which was dubious as everything else in Lapland is bad for them. The paragraph is about how and why the Finns expected little from the Soviets in the area; I see nothing relevant to this about trees or lack thereof. --A D Monroe III00:52, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Yes it was about that. Mainly the point that the 'treeless' bit was accurate for the area. I didn't edit directly because i agree with you. Just offered a bit of information if you wanted to formulate the edit in a different manner. Also the lack of trees did not make the terrain 'good'. It is not nice and flowing plains of soft soil but instead a rocky mess. - Wanderer602 (talk) 06:53, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
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