Natura 2000

References
Svenska Naturtyper i det europeiska nätverket Natura 2000 ["Swedish Ecosystems in the European Network, Natura 2000"]. Naturvårdsverket, 1997. (Available in Swedish, only.) This book surveys all types of ecosystem, geological formation and plant community that occur in Sweden and are listed in Annex I of the EC Habitat Directive.

Svenska djur och växter i det europeiska nätverket Natura 2000 ["Swedish Plants and Animals in the European Network, Natura 2000"]. Cederberg, B. & Löfroth, M., eds. ArtDatabanken, 2000. (Available in Swedish, only.) This book provides detailed descriptions of the species which occur in Sweden and are listed in Annex 2 of the EC Habitat Directive. Also described are Swedish species listed in Annex 4, as well as species listed in the EC Bird Directive.

Additional information is available on the EU Commission's web site for Natura 2000.

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References
The Lower Dalälven-- a Swedish Ramsar site

Viola Uliginosa

Known in Swedish as the “Dala violet“, this exquisitely beautiful spring flower is worth travelling many miles to see. Wander about on Mattön Island in late May and you are sure to see it gleaming amidst the leaves of the previous autumn.