1. Ontario has 85 billion trees; 66% of the province is tree covered.
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2. Ontario's most common tree is the black spruce (37.3%) followed by the poplar (20.8%) and the jack pine (11.7%).
3. Ontario is divided into four sections of forests: Hudson's Bay Lowlands, Boreal Forest, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Forest and Deciduous Forest.
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4. Nine percent of Ontario's forests lie within existing or proposed parks and protected areas.
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5. The average age of Ontario's undertaking forests was 83 years in 2011.
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6. Eighteen percent of Ontario's forest is available for harvest or production.
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7. The sugar maple is the sixth most common tree and makes up 4% of all growing stock.
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8. Ontario's forests grow by 6.2 million cubic metres each year.
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9. Fire destroys 95,000 hectares of Ontario's forests each year.
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10. Insects and disease destroy 2 million hectares of Ontario's forests each year.
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