Boreal Forest Research Paper

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Canada is the second largest country in the world with forest or other wooded land making up 40% of its 979 million hectares. Canada’s forest cover represents 30% of the world’s boreal forest and 10% of the world’s overall forest cover.
Under Canada's Constitution, the federal and provincial/territorial governments have specific roles in the management of public forest lands. The federal government is responsible for matters relating to the national economy, trade, international relations, and federal lands and parks, and has constitutional, treaty, political and legal responsibilities for Aboriginal peoples. The provincial and territorial governments have legislative authority over the conservation and management of the forest resources on …show more content…
Its makeup most closely resembles that of the Great Lakes-St Lawrence region, with beech, red oak, white elm all common to the region. Also found are black spruce, balsam fir, yellow birch, sugar maple and the trembling aspen, which is also common to the Subalpine and Boreal Forest Regions.
Boreal: Canada shares 30% of the global boreal forest. The Canadian portion of the boreal region stretches from the Yukon and northeastern British Columbia across the northern parts of the Prairie Provinces, Quebec and Ontario to Labrador and Newfoundland. It forms a band more than 1000 kilometers wide. This area is primarily publicly owned and is rich in natural resources. Encircling the earth's Northern Hemisphere just south of the Arctic Circle, this green mantle of mainly coniferous forest comprises about 16.6 million square kilometers, or roughly one-third of the planet's forested …show more content…
Trees commonly found in the region are Douglas-fir, lodge pole pine and trembling aspen; white spruce is often found in cooler locations such as shaded valleys. Ponderosa pine can be found in the region’s southern reaches while to the north are species such as Engelmann spruce, alpine fir and western white birch.
Columbia
Situated between the Rocky Mountains and British Columbia’s central plateau, and running alongside river valleys and lakes, the coniferous Columbia Forest Region resembles the coast region in its makeup, albeit with fewer species. Throughout the region western red cedar and western hemlock mingle with Douglas-fir, while in the southern reaches grand fir, western yew and others are found.
Subalpine
Canada’s Subalpine Forest Region spans both British Columbia and Alberta, stretching across the Rocky Mountains from the coast to the uplands of Alberta. The lodge pole pine, Engelmann spruce and alpine fir are all trees characteristic to the Subalpine Region which also shares a number of trees with other forest areas; the boreal forest, for example, shares its black spruce, white spruce, and trembling aspen with the Subalpine. Other trees found in this region are the western larch, mountain hemlock, limber pine and white bark
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