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Alaska has the most national forest land, with 21.9 million acres (8.9 million ha), followed by California (20.8 million acres, 8.4 million ha) and Idaho (20.4 million acres, 8.3 million ha). Idaho also has the greatest percent of its land in national forests, with 38.2 percent, followed by Oregon (24.7 percent) and Colorado (20.9 percent).
In the United States, the forest cover by state and territory is estimated from tree-attributes using the basic statistics reported by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Forest Service. [2] Tree volumes and weights are not directly measured in the field, but computed from other variables that can be measured. [3] [4]
United States Forest Service (USFS) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) These wilderness areas cover about 4.5% of the United States' land area, an area larger than the state of California. About 52% of the wilderness area is in Alaska, with 57,425,569 acres (89,727.452 sq mi; 232,393.03 km 2) of ...
Black Forest, Germany. With deep woods, quaint villages, and a hazy, mystical wonder, the Black Forest looks like a fairy tale come to life and inspired some of most beloved stories from the ...
Just west of Seattle, this forest spans over 600,000 acres and includes a mix of forest, coastal, and mountainous ecosystems. Visitors can explore lush rainforests, hike along scenic trails, and ...
[12] [13] [42] Below the spruce-fir forest, at around 1,200 meters (3,900 ft), forest composition shifts in favor of deciduous trees such as American beech, maple, birch, and oak. [13] American rhododendron is the dominant understory shrub throughout the deciduous layer but is only occasionally present in spruce-fir forests.
In British Columbian inland rainforests, there are 17.1% of forests, 5% of old forests and 4.5% of old, intact forests strictly protected. That means that the vast majority of the Canadian Inland rainforests are open to large-scale human impacts like clear-cut logging and other anthropogenic disturbances. [28]
Western North America [13] [14] [15] Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii) 99.5 326.4 Conifer Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon, United States Western North America [16] Yellow meranti (Richetia faguetiana) [note 1] 97.58 320.1 Menara: Flowering plant: Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Malaysia on Borneo island Southeast Asia