{"id":587024,"date":"2021-10-07T11:35:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T15:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/?p=587024"},"modified":"2022-02-28T09:26:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T14:26:22","slug":"celebrating-the-forests-of-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/my-missions\/celebrating-the-forests-of-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Forests of Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Canada is a great place to be a tree. There\u2019s lots of room to grow, and lots of forests\u2014lots and lots! In fact, Canada ranks 3rd<\/sup> for the country with the most forests in the world. Now, not every forest is the same. There are many different types and they grow in different parts of the country. National Forest Week is now behind us, but it’s always a good time to take you on a tour of Canada\u2019s forest regions. Find out which forest region you live in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acadian Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This forest grows mostly in the maritime provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia, with a tiny portion in Quebec. It\u2019s home to over 60 tree species, including lots of spruces, firs and birches\u2014now that\u2019s a lot of different trees!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boreal Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Boreal Forest makes up 75% of forested land in Canada, covering a whopping 270 million hectares (almost \u00bc of the country)! It makes up 28% of the world\u2019s boreal zone, which circles the globe and can be found across the northern parts of North America and Eurasia. The boreal forest grows in almost every province and territory, except New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. These forests are dominated by coniferous trees like spruces, firs, pines, and tamarack, and deciduous species such aspen and birch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Carolinian Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Carolinian Forest is one of the smallest forest regions in Canada. Located in Southern Ontario, it is the southernmost forest in the country! This forest is extremely diverse, with lots of beech, maple, walnut, hickory and oak trees. It\u2019s home toA diversity of wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coastal Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Coastal Forest grows up Canada\u2019s west coast in British Columbia, and has some of the biggest trees in the country! It is filled with coniferous trees like cedar, hemlock, spruce and fir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Columbia Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Columbia forest is situated between the Rocky Mountains and British Columbia’s central plateau. It’s made up of coniferous trees resembling coastal regions in its makeup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great Lakes St-Lawrence Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Great Lakes St-Lawrence Forest region can be found throughout most of Southern Ontario and Qu\u00e9bec. It has a mix of coniferous and deciduous trees and stands as the second largest forest in Canada! It\u2019s known for its sugar maples which produce delicious maple syrup.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Montane Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Montane Forest grows in western Alberta and the interior of British Columbia. It\u2019s home to firs, pines, and aspens, and is one of the warmest and driest ecoregions in all of Canada! Wow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subalpine Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This very cool forest grows in the mountainous areas of British Columbia and Alberta and has lots of spruces, firs, and pines. You\u2019ll find them where the trees transition from the dense forest below to the alpine tundra above, with the trees getting smaller and smaller the higher you go up the mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 So which of these forest types are your favourite? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Canada is a great place to be a tree. There\u2019s lots of room to grow, and lots of forests\u2014lots and lots! In fact, Canada ranks 3rd for the country with the most forests in the world. Now, not every forest is the same. There are many different types and they grow in different parts of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1020,586,931],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-587024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-j1t","8":"category-my-missions","9":"category-all"},"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}