Exhibition 2025 Plant, Moss and Lichen Species

These vocabulary flashcards pair each Latin plant, moss, and lichen name from the 2025 exhibition list with its Finnish common name (and, where helpful, an English equivalent) to aid recognition and study.

Acer platanoides

Finnish common name: vaahtera (Norway maple)

Actaea spicata

Finnish common name: mustakonnanmarja (black baneberry)

Aegopodium podagraria

Finnish common name: vuohenputki (goutweed)

Alchemilla spp.

Finnish common name: poimunlehti (lady’s mantle group)

Alnus glutinosa

Finnish common name: tervaleppä (black alder)

Alnus incana

Finnish common name: harmaaleppä (gray alder)

Andromeda polifolia

Finnish common name: suokukka (bog rosemary)

Anthriscus sylvestris

Finnish common name: karhunputki (cow parsley)

Athyrium filix-femina

Finnish common name: hiirenporras (lady fern)

Avenella flexuosa

Finnish common name: metsälauha (wavy hair-grass)

Betula nana

Finnish common name: vaivaiskoivu (dwarf birch)

Betula pendula

Finnish common name: rauduskoivu (silver birch)

Betula pubescens

Finnish common name: hieskoivu (downy birch)

Calamagrostis phragmitoides

Finnish common name: korpikastikka (forest reed-grass)

Calla palustris

Finnish common name: vehka (bog arum)

Calluna vulgaris

Finnish common name: kanerva (heather)

Caltha palustris

Finnish common name: rentukka (marsh marigold)

Carex canescens

Finnish common name: harmaasara (white-sedge)

Carex chordorrhiza

Finnish common name: juurtosara (creeping sedge)

Carex digitata

Finnish common name: sormisara (finger sedge)

Carex disperma

Finnish common name: hentosara (soft sedge)

Carex echinata

Finnish common name: tähtisara (star sedge)

Carex flava

Finnish common name: keltasara (yellow sedge)

Carex globularis

Finnish common name: pallosara (globe sedge)

Carex lasiocarpa

Finnish common name: jouhisara (wire sedge)

Carex limosa

Finnish common name: mutasara (mud sedge)

Carex livida

Finnish common name: vaaleasara (pale sedge)

Carex paupercula

Finnish common name: riippasara (poor sedge)

Carex nigra

Finnish common name: jokapaikansara (common sedge)

Carex pauciflora

Finnish common name: rahkasara (few-flowered sedge)

Carex rostrata

Finnish common name: pullosara (bottle sedge)

Chamaenerion angustifolium

Finnish common name: maitohorsma (fireweed)

Chrysosplenium alternifolium

Finnish common name: kevätlinnunsilmä (alt-leaf golden-saxifrage)

Cirsium helenioides

Finnish common name: huopaohdake (melanther thistle)

Cirsium palustre

Finnish common name: suo-ohdake (marsh thistle)

Cladonia arbuscula

Finnish common name: valkoporonjäkälä (white reindeer lichen)

Cladonia rangiferina

Finnish common name: harmaaporonjäkälä (grey reindeer lichen)

Cladonia stellaris

Finnish common name: palleroporonjäkälä (shore reindeer lichen)

Comarum palustre

Finnish common name: kurjenjalka (marsh cinquefoil)

Convallaria majalis

Finnish common name: kielo (lily-of-the-valley)

Crepis paludosa

Finnish common name: suokeltto (marsh hawk’s-beard)

Dactylorhiza maculata

Finnish common name: maariankämmekkä (heath spotted orchid)

Daphne mezereum

Finnish common name: näsiä (mezereon)

Deschampsia cespitosa

Finnish common name: nurmilauha (tufted hair-grass)

Deschampsia flexuosa

Finnish common name: metsälauha (wavy hair-grass)

Drosera longifolia

Finnish common name: pitkälehtikihokki (long-leaved sundew)

Drosera rotundifolia

Finnish common name: pyöreälehtikihokki (round-leaved sundew)

Dryopteris carthusiana

Finnish common name: metsäalvejuuri (narrow buckler-fern)

Dryopteris expansa

Finnish common name: isoalvejuuri (spreading wood-fern)

Empetrum nigrum

Finnish common name: variksenmarja (crowberry)

Epilobium palustre

Finnish common name: suohorsma (marsh willow-herb)

Equisetum fluviatile

Finnish common name: järvikorte (water horsetail)

Equisetum pratense

Finnish common name: lehtokorte (meadow horsetail)

Equisetum sylvaticum

Finnish common name: metsäkorte (woodland horsetail)

Eriophorum angustifolium

Finnish common name: luhtavilla (common cottongrass)

Eriophorum latifolium

Finnish common name: lettovilla (broad-leaf cottongrass)

Eriophorum vaginatum

Finnish common name: tupasvilla (hare’s-tail cottongrass)

Ervilia sylvatica

Finnish common name: metsävirvilä (forest ervil)

Filipendula ulmaria

Finnish common name: mesiangervo (meadowsweet)

Fragaria vesca

Finnish common name: ahomansikka (wild strawberry)

Frangula alnus

Finnish common name: korpi-paatsama (alder buckthorn)

Galium palustre

Finnish common name: rantamatara (marsh bedstraw)

Geranium sylvaticum

Finnish common name: metsäkurjenpolvi (wood cranesbill)

Geum rivale

Finnish common name: ojakellukka (water avens)

Gymnocarpium dryopteris

Finnish common name: metsäimarre (oak fern)

Hepatica nobilis

Finnish common name: sinivuokko (liverleaf)

Juniperus communis

Finnish common name: kataja (common juniper)

Lathyrus pratensis

Finnish common name: niittynätkelmä (meadow vetchling)

Lathyrus vernus

Finnish common name: kevätlinnunherne (spring vetchling)

Linnaea borealis

Finnish common name: vanamo (twinflower)

Lonicera xylosteum

Finnish common name: lehtokuusama (fly honeysuckle)

Luzula pilosa

Finnish common name: kevätpiippo (hairy wood-rush)

Lycopodium annotinum

Finnish common name: riidenlieko (stiff clubmoss)

Lycopodium clavatum

Finnish common name: katinlieko (common clubmoss)

Lysimachia europaea

Finnish common name: metsätähti (European starflower)

Lysimachia thyrsiflora

Finnish common name: terttualpi (tufted loosestrife)

Lysimachia vulgaris

Finnish common name: ranta-alpi (yellow loosestrife)

Maianthemum bifolium

Finnish common name: oravanmarja (false lily-of-the-valley)

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Finnish common name: kotkansiipi (ostrich fern)

Melampyrum pratense

Finnish common name: kangasmaitikka (common cow-wheat)

Melampyrum sylvaticum

Finnish common name: metsämaitikka (small cow-wheat)

Melica nutans

Finnish common name: nuokkuhelmikkä (mountain melick)

Menyanthes trifoliata

Finnish common name: raate (bogbean)

Oxalis acetosella

Finnish common name: käenkaali (wood sorrel)

Paris quadrifolia

Finnish common name: sudenmarja (herb-Paris)

Pedicularis palustris

Finnish common name: luhtakuusio (marsh lousewort)

Peucedanum palustre

Finnish common name: suoputki (marsh hog’s-fennel)

Phegopteris connectilis

Finnish common name: korpi-imarre (beech fern)

Phragmites australis

Finnish common name: järviruoko (common reed)

Picea abies

Finnish common name: kuusi (Norway spruce)

Pinus sylvestris

Finnish common name: mänty (Scots pine)

Populus tremula

Finnish common name: haapa (European aspen)

Potentilla erecta

Finnish common name: rätvänä (tormentil)

Pteridium aquilinum subsp. pinetorum

Finnish common name: taigasananjalka (taiga bracken)

Pulmonaria obscura

Finnish common name: lehtoimikkä (unspotted lungwort)

Pyrola minor

Finnish common name: pikkutalvikki (common wintergreen)

Pyrola rotundifolia

Finnish common name: isotalvikki (round-leaved wintergreen)

Ranunculus acris

Finnish common name: niittyleinikki (meadow buttercup)

Ranunculus repens

Finnish common name: rönsyleinikki (creeping buttercup)

Rhododendron tomentosum

Finnish common name: suopursu (Labrador tea)