Where are the forests in British Columbia?

Question

I'm doing a project on British Columbia (the canadian state) and I need to know where the forests are in general cardinal directions. Or where they aren't. Please help!!!

Answer 1

British Columbia's landscape is mainly forest.  We have a very warm and wet climate, which produces the vast quantity of forested land here.  The few places not engulfed by foests include the mid south, near the border, near Osyoous(it is known as the desert of Canada), near the BC border as it is the Rocky Mountains, and much of the area is above the tree line.  Besides those two locations BC is completely forested.  Forestry is our number 1 economy for a reason.  And yes I do live here in BC, and I am surrounded by Forests.  And to clarify BC is not a canadian state, in Canada we do not have states but instead it is a Canadian Province

Answer 2

"British Columbia has the widest range of plant life of Canada’s provinces. Very broadly, the number and size of plant species decreases with distance from the mid to south coast region. This is due to an increase in elevation, an increase in latitude, and a decrease of the moderating affect of the relatively warm Pacific Ocean. Each of these factors makes it harder for plants to grow.

Not only does the province have a large number of plants, but the size of the province and its topography and climate make the pattern of vegetation incredibly complex. For example, the plants that appear as one moves up a mountainside at the coast are very different that those found at the same elevation in the Okanagan Valley or north west of Prince George.

One of the easiest ways to manage this complexity is by classifying areas with similar characteristics of animals, climate and soils in association with the dominant tree species. These are "biogeoclimatic" zones. At the most general level, the province can be broken into twelve zones."

Answer 3

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