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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.
Used in paneling, and sometimes milled for utility poles and railroad ties. The trees usually grow rapidly when young and can be harvested economically. Canada's inventory includes the varieties P. contorta var. contorta and P. contorta var. latifolia. Uses: timber; posts, pulpwood, terpenes, veneers. [16] [48] [49] AB BC NT SK YT
The Canadian flora is depauperate because of the near total glaciation event in the Pleistocene. Due to the vast area of Canada, a tree that is common in one area may be completely absent in another. In particular, many warm-temperate trees can only be grown on the mild Pacific coast (where gardens may contain additional species not listed here).
The forests of Canada are located across much of the country. Approximately half of Canada is covered by forest, totaling around 2.4 million km 2 (0.93 million sq mi). [ 1 ] Over 90% of Canada's forests are owned by the public ( Crown land and Provincial forest ).
In the narrow sense of the terms, wood, forest, forestry and timber/lumber industry appear to point to different sectors, in the industrialized, internationalized world, there is a tendency toward huge integrated businesses that cover the complete spectrum from silviculture and forestry in private primary or secondary forests or plantations via the logging process up to wood processing and ...
Christmas tree prices continue to climb. Last year, U.S. customers paid an average of about $80 for a real tree, according to the National Christmas Tree Association.That was up from $70 in 2021 ...
Price: $170 Tree type: Fraser Fir Ivy's Christmas Trees. What are y'all doing over there, Ivy's? With six foot trees starting at $170, after tax you're looking at something closer to two bills. Yikes.
Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) Swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii) Chestnut oak (Quercus prinus) Chinkapin oak (Quercus muhlenbergii) Canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis) Overcup oak (Quercus lyrata) English oak (Quercus robur) Red oak. Northern red oak (Quercus rubra) Eastern black oak (Quercus velutina) Laurel oak (Quercus laurifolia)