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Boreal Forest Region - This the largest forest region in Canada. It is located in the north and contains about one third of the world's circumpolar boreal forests . Coast Forest Region - Located on the west coast, this region almost entirely comprises coniferous trees including the Douglas-fir , Sitka spruce , western hemlock , and western red ...
Today, less than 1% of Canada's forests are affected by logging each year. [2] Canada is the 2nd largest exporter of wood products, and produces 12.3% of the global market share. [6] Economic concerns related to forestry include greenhouse gas emissions, biotechnology, biological diversity, and infestation by pests such as the mountain pine beetle.
The boreal forest is deeply ingrained in the Canadian identity and the images foreigners have of Canada. The history of the early European fur traders , their adventures, discoveries, aboriginal alliances and misfortunes is an essential part of the popular colonial history of Canada.
There are three distinct types of vegetation on this coast: the forests of the coastal plain dominated by western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), western red cedar (Thuja plicata) and amabilis fir (Abies amabilis); mountain forest of mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana), amabilis fir and yellow cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis); and alpine tundra with sedge meadows and lichen-covered rocks.
This is a list of forest cover in Canada by province and territory. Provinces. British Columbia: ~60% (Ministry of Students) [1] [2] Alberta: 58% (NAIT)
This ecoregion contains a number of mountainous areas on the east coast of Canada and along the Saint Lawrence River in eastern Quebec (including Anticosti Island in the Saint Lawrence) and the coast up to near Labrador, on the island of Newfoundland, in the highlands of New Brunswick, and the Cape Breton Highlands on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
Boreal forests/taiga: Muskwa–Slave Lake forests: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories: Boreal forests/taiga: Newfoundland Highland forests: Newfoundland and Labrador: Boreal forests/taiga: Northern Canadian Shield taiga: Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan: Boreal forests/taiga: Northern Cordillera forests
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests in Canada (1 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Forests of Canada" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.