The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 5 months agoForest coverage in each US statelemmy.worldimagemessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1368arrow-down16
arrow-up1362arrow-down1imageForest coverage in each US statelemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 5 months agomessage-square55linkfedilink
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up14·5 months agoMississippi, Jesus. The black belt is such a massively underrepresented area in media I guess I shouldn’t be surprised I had no idea it was forested.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·5 months agoThe only reason Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio are so low is because of the massive farms. They were originally all forest.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-25 months agoIt must be that everything east of the Great Plains was originally, in America. In Canada the boreal forest stretches coast to coast (and hasn’t gotten much smaller to date).
minus-squaregenslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoThere weren’t many meadows before humans came, it was all forrest.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoNot in the East, anyway. The Great plains have always been massive grasslands.
Mississippi, Jesus.
The black belt is such a massively underrepresented area in media I guess I shouldn’t be surprised I had no idea it was forested.
The only reason Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio are so low is because of the massive farms. They were originally all forest.
It must be that everything east of the Great Plains was originally, in America. In Canada the boreal forest stretches coast to coast (and hasn’t gotten much smaller to date).
There weren’t many meadows before humans came, it was all forrest.
Not in the East, anyway. The Great plains have always been massive grasslands.