Data description

Swedish Forest Soil Inventory

Last changed: 18 June 2024

The goal of the inventory is to follow the environmental status of Swedish forest soils and other natural lands.

Each year, inventory and sampling are made on around 2 000 permanent plots. The samples are used for analyses of the chemical characteristics of the soil and for determining the species composition of fungal communities with DNA methods. The inventory renders data that is used within the Swedish Green House Gas reporting to the UN and EU, the follow-up on national environment goals, and in research.

The inventory started in 1983 in cooperation with the Swedish National Forest Inventory.

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Johan Stendahl

Metadata

Publisher Department of Soil and Environment
Funding agency Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Keywords Soil, soil type, soil profiles, humus form, soil type, humus sampling, mineral soil sampling, DNA sampling, soil chemistry, soil biology.
Data citation

The Swedish Forest Soil Inventory is part of the national environmental monitoring commissioned by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. 
Frequency of update Annually
Limitations with regard to usage

Some information, such as the location of the plots, is confidential.
Technical contact markinventeringen@slu.se
Subject area
  • Soil properties and soil chemistry
Habitat type
  • Forest
Species group
  • Fungi
Swedish environmental objectives
  • Sustainable forests
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