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The Taiga Shield Ecozone, as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), is an ecozone which stretches across Canada's subarctic region. Some regions exhibit exposed Precambrian bedrock of the Canadian Shield , the oldest of the world's geological formations. [ 1 ]
The Taiga Plain Ecozone, as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), is a Canadian terrestrial ecozone that covers most of the western Northwest Territories, extending to northwest Alberta, northeast British Columbia and slightly overlapping northeastern Yukon.
The Taiga Cordillera Ecozone, as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), is a rugged, mountainous terrestrial ecozone of Canada spanning most of northern Yukon and significant portions of the border between the Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
To its north is the cold Arctic Archipelago Marine ecozone, and to the south is the milder Boreal Shield. Hence, this ecozone is transitional, [9] which is easily evident as it transforms from barren tundra in the north to open taiga forests in the south. [3] These forests resemble those of the boreal zone, with sparser vegetation. [9]
The taiga is inhabited by many species, some of which are endangered, and include the Canadian lynx, gray wolf, and grizzly bear. The Canadian lynx is one well-known animal to inhabit the North American taiga region and is listed as threatened in the U.S. The mother lynx will have a litter of about 4 kittens in the spring.
Terrestrial Ecozones and Ecoregions of Canada originally published by Environment Canada. The conservation group World Wildlife Fund maintains an alternate classification system: List of terrestrial ecoregions (WWF) List of ecoregions in the United States (WWF)
This is a taiga ecoregion and therefore stops at the treeline, beyond which is tundra. This is a rugged rocky landscape including an area fjords on the Atlantic coast of Labrador. The hills and plateaus are dotted with many lakes and string bogs , and patches of tundra on the Mealy Mountains and elsewhere.
Boreal forests/taiga: Northern Cordillera forests: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon: Boreal forests/taiga: Northwest Territories taiga: Northwest Territories, Yukon: Boreal forests/taiga: South Avalon–Burin oceanic barrens: Newfoundland and Labrador: Boreal forests/taiga: Southern Hudson Bay taiga: Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec ...