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This is a list of countries and territories of the world according to the total area covered by forests, based on data published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In 2010, the world had 3.92 billion hectares (ha) of tree cover, extending over 30% of its land area. [1] [need quotation to verify]
Toggle New World subsection. 2.1 Eastern Canada ... Western United States, Northern Mexico. 2.3 Southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean. 3 ...
Map of wood-filled areas in the United States, c. 2000 [1]. In the United States, the forest cover by state and territory is estimated from tree-attributes using the basic statistics reported by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Forest Service. [2]
The most heavily forested regions of the U.S. are Maine, New Hampshire, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and West Virginia; the least heavily forested regions are North Dakota, Nebraska, and South Dakota. [2] The U.S. had a 2018 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 6.65/10, ranking it 67th globally out of 172 countries. [6]
This is a list of countries that have officially designated one or more trees as their national trees. Most species in the list are officially designated. Some species hold only an "unofficial" status.
For the purposes of this category, "Central America" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD); that is, it is defined as a region of South America, comprising Belize, Costa Rica, the Central American Pacific Islands (Clipperton Island, Cocos Island and Malpelo Island), El Salvador ...
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A dramatically situated tree, a western icon, and considered one of the most photographed trees in North America. 36°34′07″N 121°57′55″W / 36.568748°N 121.965339°W / 36.568748; -121.