Swedish Forest Agency conducts annual survey by questionnaire on the production of seedlings for use in Sweden. According to the latest survey some 381 million seedlings were delivered in 2013.
There was an increase of 9 percent compared with the 2012. The most common tree species are spruce, which represents 54 percent of production. Pine accounts for 34 percent of the production while other species production accounts of 12 percent.
Rooted planting material (82 percent) is the dominant method of production. Bare-rooted is 18 percent while the remaining production is virtually nonexistent. Most of the origin of seedlings comes from the Swedish plantations or Swedish stand, totally accounting for 83 percent.
