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-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.
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.