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The Boreal Plains Ecozone, as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), is a terrestrial ecozone in the western Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. It also has minor extensions into northeastern British Columbia and south-central Northwest Territories .
Pimachiowin Aki (/ ˌ p ɪ ˈ m æ tʃ ə w ɪ n ɑː ˈ k iː / pih-MATCH-uh-win ah-KEE) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the boreal forest that covers parts of Manitoba and Ontario.
Boreal forests occur in the more southern parts of the taiga ecoregion that spreads across the northern parts of the world.. Canada's boreal forest is a vast region comprising about one third of the circumpolar boreal forest that rings the Northern Hemisphere, mostly north of the 50th parallel. [1]
The Mid-Canada Boreal Plains Forests is a taiga ecoregion of Western Canada, designated by One Earth. It was previously defined as the Mid-Continental Canadian Forests by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) categorization system, before it was modified by One Earth, the successor to WWF.
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Forest - This region is the second largest (the boreal being the largest), and is located from southeastern Manitoba to the Gaspé Peninsula. [ 8 ] Montane Forest Region - Located in the west of Canada, this region covers parts of the Kootenays , the central plateau of British Columbia, and a number of valleys close to ...
The Porcupine Provincial Forest is a protected boreal forest in Canada which covers the Porcupine Hills on the border of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Boreal forests of the southern part of the province have extensive black spruce and white spruce forests. The tundra region of northern Manitoba exhibits more sparse black spruce forests whose tree heights are limited by the thin soils, permafrost underlayer and generally cold climate.
Boreal forests/taiga: Northern Cordillera forests: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon: Boreal forests/taiga: Northwest Territories taiga: Northwest Territories, Yukon: Boreal forests/taiga: South Avalon–Burin oceanic barrens: Newfoundland and Labrador: Boreal forests/taiga: Southern Hudson Bay taiga: Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec ...