GGR227H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hudson Bay Lowlands, Carolinian Forest, Betula Alleghaniensis
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Particularly in on where it would be replaced by temperate forest. A sub-set of the boreal region dominated by peatland and lakes. Tamarack (larch-a-deciduous conifer) and black spruce growing in wetlands or along upland banks. Conifers: white pine, red pine, eastern hemlock, and white cedar. Mix with deciduous broad-leaved species, such as yellow birch, sugar and red maples, basswood, and red oak. Some boreal species too (jack pine, spruce, aspen, white birch) The transitional forest from deciduous (s) to boreal (n) Deciduous forest along lake erie and ontario, largely cleared. Walnut, sycamore, white oak stop here (would be) the most diverse forest (# of tree species) in canada. Land use change (urban/ag/rec) has destroyed most of this area. Balsam fir, spruces, white pine, red pine, and eastern hemlock.
