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OSTROBOTTNIA KAJANENSIS (Ok). (KaINUU. KN) 
See also Ostrobottnia borealis (Brenner). 
Ostrobottnia kajanensis is a region in central Finland, extending from about 63°40’ to about 
65°30’ N. Lat., bounded on the north by Kuusamo, on the east by Karelia pomorica occiden- 
talis (Russian), on the south by Karelia borealis and Savonia borealis, on the west by Ostro- 
bottnia media and Ostrobottnia borealis. 
General 
Parvela, A. A. Oulun laanin viljelyskasvit niiden historia ja nykyinen 
levinneisyys. II. Erikoisosa. (Uber die kulturpflanzen im lan Oulu (Ulea- 
borg), ihre geschichte und verbreitung. II. Spezieller teil.) Annales Bot. 
Soc. Zool.-Bot. Fenn. Vanamo v. 2, no. 5. viii, 143 p. 1982. 
Alphabetical list of cultivated vascular plants of Oulu lan, with localities 
and indication of number of years they have been cultivated in each area. 
Covers the whole of Ostrobottnia kajanensis and adjacent parts of Kuusamo, 
Ostrobottnia borealis, and Ostrobottnia media; also the present Lapin 1aani, 
at that time part of Oulun laani, and including Kuusamo, Lapponia enonte- 
ee inarensis, kemensis, and petsamoensis, and Ostrobottnia borealis and 
media. 
Local 
Fagerstrom, Lars. Anteckningar om floran i nagra vinterkrigstida mot- 
tiomraden i Ok Kuhmo, sommaren 1954. Memo. Soc. Fauna et Flora Fenn. 
$2: 112-119. 1957. 
Includes alphabetical list of weedy plants from Saunajarvi by and Kor- 
pisalmi by. 
Heikkinen, Lauri. Saksalaiset sotajoukot kasvien levittajinad. [The Ger- 
man army as a distributor of plants.] Luonnon Tutkija 52: 25-26. 1948. 
List of weeds from a German horse camp of World War II at Hyrynsalmi. 
Jalas, Jaakko. Rokua suunitellun kansallipuiston kasvillisuus ja kasvisto. 
(Vegetation und flora des geplanten Nationalparks von Rokua in Mittelfinn- 
land.) Silva Fenn. 81. 97 p. 18 fig., map. 1953. 
A vegetational study; includes (p. 60-83) chapter on flora containing anno- 
tated list of vascular plants (252 native species), bryophytes, and lichens; 
bibliography. (In parish Sardisniemi and vicinity, in Ostrobottnia kajanensis 
and Ostrobottnia borealis.) 
Kyyhkynen, Olli. Huomattavampia putkilokasvi- ja sammalléytéja Kajaa- 
nin alueelta ja Pohjois-Savosta vuosina 1916-18. [Noteworthy finds of vas- 
cular plants and bryophytes from the Kajaani region and Savonia borealis 
in 1916-18.] Meddel. Soc. Fauna et Flora Fenn. 45: 154-165. 1920. 
Annotated list of noteworthy vascular plants and mosses, with localities, 
from Ostrobottnia kajanensis (Sotkamo, etc.) and Savonia borealis (Maa- 
ninka, etc.). 
Suomussalmen kasvisto. [Flora of Suomussalmi.] Acta Soc. Fauna 
et Flora Fenn. v. 46,no.1. 1389p. 1919. 
Ecology, etc.; annotated list of vascular plants. 
Mustonen (i.e. Lénnbohm), O.A.F. Tietoja Kajaanin kihlakunnasta ja 
etenkin Paltamon pitajaasta. [Observations on the district of Kajaani and 
pecan ae on the parish of Paltamo.] 272 p. 18.5 cm. Hameenlinnassa, 
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Includes chapter “Kasvisto” (p. 39-58) containing briefly annotated list of 
vascular plants (385 species) of Kajaani county. (Not seen; title and anno- 
tation supplied by H. Luther.)—See also Kyyhkynen, Olli. Kajaanin kasvis- 
toalueen rajoista ja jaoituksesta. (Uber die grenzen und die einteilung der 
pflanzengeographischen provinz Ostrobottnia kajanensis.) Acta Soc. Fauna 
et Flora Fenn. v. 49, no. 6. 26 p. 1921. (Discussion of botanical regions in 
the province, with mention of species from Kajaani and other localities.) 
OSTROBOTTNIA MEDIA (Om.). (KESKI-POHJANMAA. KP) 
See also Aboénsis, Regio (Auer, 1944); Ostrobottnia australis (Laurén, Vaxtforhallandena) ; 
Ostrobottnia borealis (Brenner); Ostrobottnia kajanensis (Parvela). 
Ostrobottnia media is a region on the west coast of central Finland extending from about 
62°40’ to about 64°55’ N. Lat. (extreme limits), bordered on the north by Ostrobottnia 
borealis, on the east by Ostrobottnia kajanensis and Savonia borealis, on the south by Tavastia 
borealis and Ostrobottnia australis, on the west by the Gulf of Bothnia. 
