Lithuania has a mixed kind of a forests including a variety of tress and plants. The hornbeam species like "Carpinus betulas" are mostly found in the northern coniferous zone. The pine forest occupies forty two percent of the forest area while hardwood deciduous trees and spruce four and twenty six percent respectively. These Lithuania forests are owned by the state while the private forest area is composed of twenty percent spruce, five percent hardwood deciduous and thirty two percent of pines.
The Lithuanian forests fall under three fire hazards which are categorized into high , medium and high class. There are nine forest massifs which come under high risk namely:
- Varena
- Lavoriškes
- šimonys
- Kuršiu Nerija
- Labanoras
- Kazlu Ruda
- Rudninkai
- Viešvile-Smalininkai
- Kapciamietis
