Mid-Canada Boreal Plains forests
Mid-Canada Boreal Plains forests
The Mid-Canada Boreal Plains Forests stretch across central Canada from south of Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta southeastward to north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, spanning parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and British Columbia. The landscape mixes quaking aspen and balsam poplar with later-successional black and white spruce, interlaced with abundant wetlands, lakes, and tamarack-and-moss peatlands, where lightning fires keep forest stands in shifting stages of succession. Its subhumid mid-boreal climate brings average annual temperatures around -2 to 1degC and roughly 300-625 mm of precipitation. Only about 6% is protected, though much unprotected land remains in natural condition under pressure from logging, mining, and oil and gas.
RESOLVE 376
Nearctic
219,068 sq mi
Boreal Forests/Taiga
Type de paysage
Boreal Forests/Taiga
Région végétale
Nearctic
Empreinte de la région
219,068 sq mi
Pression sur l'habitat
Nature Could Reach Half Protected (Dinerstein NNH 2)
Sourcing et entretien
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Utilisez ceci comme schéma général de plantation pour la région : The vast northern forest belt of spruce, fir, pine, and larch, defined by long, severe winters and short growing seasons. Often underlain by permafrost and wetlands, the taiga forms one of the world’s largest terrestrial carbon stores. Pour vos décisions de jardin, associez ce contexte à la liste de plantes ci-dessous, puis affinez selon les contraintes de lumière, d'eau, de sol et de taille adulte de votre site.
Range & origins
Repère placé à l’intérieur du polygone RESOLVE 2017 à 54.7°N, 108.8°W.
La région à travers le temps
Empreinte moderne
RESOLVE 2017 cartographie 219,068 sq mi
Cette limite est une empreinte écologique moderne pour Mid-Canada Boreal Plains forests, et non une ligne permanente sur la planète. Elle est utile pour le contexte actuel des plantes et de la faune car elle suit des schémas récurrents de végétation, de climat, de relief et de perturbations.
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Conditions de boreal forests/taiga
La région se situe dans le règne Nearctic et est classée comme boreal forests/taiga. L'altitude, l'humidité, le feu, les sols, les côtes et l'utilisation humaine des terres peuvent tous rendre le paysage réel plus varié qu'une seule couleur de carte ne le laisse penser.
Pression du changement
Nature Could Reach Half Protected
Plotwright affiche ceci comme l'empreinte RESOLVE actuelle. Au fil des décennies ou des siècles, le réchauffement, les perturbations, les espèces envahissantes, l'utilisation des terres et la restauration peuvent déplacer la bordure vivante d'une région même lorsque la carte de référence reste fixe.
Collections de plantation
Des recettes de plantation finalisées où chaque membre peut supporter la plage climatique de cette région. Le badge d'adaptation se base sur la plante la plus sensible de la collection, si bien qu'une collection résiliente est un point de départ plus sûr que n'importe quelle vedette isolée.
Résiliente au climat · 2 plantes
Bright shade foundation
A part-shade planting with shrub structure and low foliage contrast.
Résiliente au climat · 8 plantes
Climate-resilient natives for warming zones (eastern NA)
A pollinator-supporting palette of eastern North American natives with broad hardiness ranges and wide native distributions. Built for gardeners who want a planting that can handle warming zones without giving up wildlife value.
Résiliente au climat · 6 plantes
Mediterranean drought-tolerant edible
A low-water edible palette of culinary herbs + a hardy grape for hot dry sunny sites. Mediterranean-origin plants thrive on neglect; their primary failure mode is overwatering, not underwatering.
Résiliente au climat · 9 plantes
Native pollinator border (eastern US)
A continuous-bloom native pollinator strip for eastern North America. Covers spring through frost with host + nectar plants spanning monarchs, native bees, hummingbirds, and specialist Lepidoptera. Little bluestem provides the matrix grass + Hesperiidae host.
Résiliente au climat · 4 plantes
Sunny pollinator border
A durable sunny border with summer bloom, seedheads, and upright winter texture.
Régions de plantation similaires
Parcourez d'autres régions au rythme similaire d'étés chauds et secs. Leurs listes de plantes peuvent suggérer des espèces et des combinaisons à comparer.
RESOLVE 369 - Nearctic
Alaska Peninsula montane taiga
The Alaska Peninsula montane taiga stretches along the rugged Alaska Peninsula from Cook Inlet to Unimak Island, taking in roughly 80% of Kodiak Island and many smaller islands. Despite the "taiga" label, much of the landscape is treeless scrub: low willow thickets on sheltered slopes, tall green-alder communities at lower elevations, and crowberry-dominated dwarf scrub on exposed uplands, set among rounded ridges and steep volcanic peaks rising to 2,600 m. The maritime climate keeps temperatures moderate while delivering heavy precipitation, from 600-3,300 mm along the coast to over 4,000 mm at higher elevations. The region is famous for the Kodiak brown bear and is well protected, with Katmai National Park and Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge safeguarding salmon streams and seabird habitat.
Boreal Forests/Taiga
Zones 8a-10b
+6.8°F d’ici 2070
18,779 sq mi
Niveau NNH 1
RESOLVE 370 - Nearctic
Central Canadian Shield forests
The Central Canadian Shield forests stretch across boreal northern Quebec and Ontario, sitting entirely on the ancient Precambrian rock of the Canadian Shield north of the temperate-boreal transition and reaching the northeastern shore of Lake Superior. Under a humid mid- to high-boreal climate, the landscape is dominated by black spruce in the north and supports jack pine, balsam fir, white spruce, aspen, and birch farther south. Frequent lightning-driven fires, often burning tens of thousands of hectares, are a defining force that shapes this forest. The woodland caribou is the ecoregion's flagship species, and while much remains ecologically intact, large-scale logging and habitat fragmentation are the primary threats.
Boreal Forests/Taiga
Zones 6a-7a
+11.8°F d’ici 2070
104,535 sq mi
Niveau NNH 2
RESOLVE 371 - Nearctic
Cook Inlet taiga
The Cook Inlet taiga is a boreal forest ecoregion of roughly 27,790 km² surrounding the upper Cook Inlet in south-central Alaska, sheltered by mountains on all sides and encompassing Anchorage. Its gentle landscape carries a transitional boreal forest of white, black, and Lutz spruce mixed with quaking aspen, balsam poplar, black cottonwood, and paper birch, with lowland peatlands and subalpine mountain hemlock. The ocean and Alaska Current give it a relatively mild subarctic climate for Alaska, with 380–680 mm of annual precipitation. The Kenai River supports all five Pacific salmon species, and about 30% of the ecoregion is formally protected, including the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.
Boreal Forests/Taiga
Zones 7a-9b
+8.3°F d’ici 2070
10,762 sq mi
Niveau NNH 2
RESOLVE 372 - Nearctic
Copper Plateau taiga
The Copper Plateau taiga is a flat, lake-strewn boreal plateau in interior Alaska, sitting roughly 420-900 m above sea level and ringed by high mountains. Shallow permafrost and poor drainage give it a wet, boggy landscape of black spruce, dwarf birch, heath shrubs, and sedges, with white spruce, cottonwood, and quaking aspen on better-drained sites along river corridors. The climate is sharply continental, with winter daily minimums near -27 C, summer maximums around 21 C, and annual precipitation of about 250-460 mm. Once a large lake during the Pleistocene, its wetlands now host breeding trumpeter swans, king and sockeye salmon runs, and the migrating Nelchina caribou herd. About 30% lies in protected areas, much of it within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
Boreal Forests/Taiga
Zones 5b-8b
+7.1°F d’ici 2070
6,622 sq mi
Niveau NNH 2
RESOLVE 373 - Nearctic
Eastern Canadian forests
The Eastern Canadian forests stretch across eastern Quebec, southern Labrador, and the island of Newfoundland, with the mainland resting on the ancient Precambrian rock of the Canadian Shield. This boreal forest is dominated by balsam fir and black spruce, with white spruce along salt-sprayed coasts and paper birch and aspen colonizing burned areas. The climate is cool and wet, with harsh winters inland and milder, snowier, fog-prone conditions on maritime Newfoundland. Newfoundland's serpentine barrens, almost bare rock toxic to most plants, host rare species found nowhere else, and the region supports moose, woodland caribou, lynx, and wolves; only about 4 percent is protected, though much remains as wildland.
Boreal Forests/Taiga
Zones 5b-9a
+9.6°F d’ici 2070
179,223 sq mi
Niveau NNH 2
RESOLVE 374 - Nearctic
Eastern Canadian Shield taiga
The Eastern Canadian Shield taiga is a vast boreal ecoregion stretching from Hudson and James Bays to the Labrador Sea, with roughly two-thirds in Quebec and one-third in Newfoundland and Labrador. Its rugged landscape of plateaus, peatlands, and deeply incised coastal fjords supports open, stunted woodlands dominated by black spruce and tamarack. The climate is cold, with mean annual temperatures ranging from about -6°C to 1°C and annual precipitation from roughly 300–400 mm near Ungava Bay to 1,000 mm in the southeast. Only about 5% of the ecoregion is protected, and just 25% of the habitat outside protected areas remains intact. It holds most of the year-round range of the George River barren-ground caribou herd, once the world's largest migratory herd but reduced by some 99% to under 9,000 animals by 2016.
Boreal Forests/Taiga
Zones 5a-8b
+11.9°F d’ici 2070
291,420 sq mi
Niveau NNH 2
Sous-régions d'affinement national
Au sein de cette écorégion RESOLVE, les agences nationales reconnaissent des sous-régions plus détaillées. Plotwright attribue chaque polygone de sous-région au polygone RESOLVE qui le contient selon son centroïde.
Écoprovinces NEF du Canada - 2 écoprovinces
9.2 · Central Boreal Plains
9.3 · Eastern Boreal Plains
Source : Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada, NEF v2.2 (Licence du gouvernement ouvert - Canada).
Sources et citations
Citer cette page
Pour les plans de cours, articles ou notes de plantation régionales qui utilisent cette page Plotwright. Pour citer le cadre d'écorégions sous-jacent ou un profil éditorial spécifique, utilisez les fiches de sources ci-dessous.
Plotwright. (n.d.). Mid-Canada Boreal Plains forests (Mid-Canada Boreal Plains forests). Retrieved 2026, June 24, from https://plotwright.com/regions/resolve-376
Sources pour cette région
Cette page cite d'abord Plotwright pour la vue compilée, puis répertorie les pages sources du cadre, du climat et de l'éditorial en amont afin que les lecteurs puissent citer directement le matériel d'origine.
RESOLVE 2017 Terrestrial Ecoregions (Dinerstein et al.)
Cadre principal des écorégions
Étaye 4 champs
Identifiant RESOLVE
Biome + règne
Superficie
Palier NNH
Canada Plant Hardiness
Autorité publiée des zones de rusticité
Étaye 1 champ
Plage de zones NRCan