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Forest Cover
Ecozones in Canada (66 KB gif image)
Source: EMAN (Ecological Monitoring and Asseessment Network)Forest distribution in Ontario summaries on the 15 most common trees found in this province, for example white pine, black spruce, etc. For southern Ontario there are two maps of the Carolinean forests, one showing its original extent before European settlement and the other showing the remains at the present (in 1995). The extent of wetlands lost in southern Ontario since 1800 to 1992 combined with Corn Heating Degrees (CHU) is also shown.
Forest distribution in Ontario (66 KB gif image)
Source: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (1998). For information on area, volume, an age class distribution graph, and a distribution map (small) visit their site.Map of southern Ontario's Carolinean forest before European settlement (280 KB jpg image) sml ver. (44 KB jpg image)
Source: Adapted from Macoun (1894) and various Crown Survey records. Estimation of forect cover of the Canadian Carolinean region prior to European settlement. Township surveys were conducted between 1798 and 1850. Forests (hardwood dominated forests, pine stands, hardwood dominated swamps, and coniferous dominated swamps) covered > 90% of the total land area if the region.Map of southern Ontario's remains of Carolinean forest in 1995 (157 KB jpg image) sml ver. (48 KB jpg image)
Source: Spectranalysis, 1995. Adapted from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.Macoun, M.A. 1894. The Forest of Canada and their distribution with notes on the more interesting species. Transcripts Royal Society of Canada (12): 3-20 pp