Tuesday 29 October 2013

I Can't See the Forest for the Trees

Here are ten facts about Ontario's forests.

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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