Mid-Canada Boreal Plains Forests

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Mid-Canada Boreal Plains Forests
Forests of the Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan
Ecology
RealmNearctic
BiomeBoreal forests/taiga
Borders
List
Bird species183 [1]
Mammal species55 [1]
Geography
Area568,470 km2 (219,490 sq mi)
CountryCanada
Provinces
Conservation
Conservation statusVulnerable[2]
Habitat loss0.4%[1]
Protected15.5%[1]

The Mid-Canada Boreal Plains Forests is a

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) categorization system, before it was modified by One Earth, the successor to WWF.[2] [3]

Setting

This ecoregion extends from south of the Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories through most of northeastern Alberta, central Saskatchewan and parts of west-central Manitoba and consists of three main areas: the Slave River basin in northeastern Alberta, the lowlands of the northern Manitoba plain, and the uplands south of the Canadian Shield from north-central Alberta to southwestern Manitoba. This is a mixed area of lowlands and mountains up to 800m high, including areas of wetland and peat bog and mountain lakes and ponds. The area has a subhumid mid-boreal ecoclimate with short summers (average temperature 14°C) and long, cold winters (ave. -15°C) and patches of permafrost in the lowlands.[2]

Flora

These forests, like so much of Canada at this latitude, are a mixture of conifers and deciduous trees including quaking aspen (

Pinus banksiana) and balsam fir (Abies balsamea
).

Fauna

Wildlife of the area includes moose (

Bison bison
).

Birds include ducks, geese, American white pelican (

Gavia immer) The wetlands of the region, such as Cumberland Lake, are an important refuge for migratory birds and include the most important breeding populations of the endangered whooping crane
in North America.

Threats and preservation

Half of the natural forest remains intact, the other half having been removed by extensive logging, oil and gas exploration and mining. Blocks of

Goodsoil, Saskatchewan) and Narrow Hills Provincial Park
.

See also
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References

  1. ^ a b c d "The Atlas of Global Conservation". The Nature Conservancy. Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  2. ^ a b c "Mid-Continental Canadian forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  3. ^ https://www.oneearth.org/ecoregions/mid-canada-boreal-plains-forests/

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