What is Boreal forest of Canada?
[[Image:Canada-satellite.jpg|thumb|280px|right|A satellite composite image of Canada. Boreal forests, visible as darker shades of green, prevail throughout most of the country, including the [[Arctic]], the eastern slopes of the northern Coast Mountains and the [[Saint Elias Mountains]].]] [[Image:Taiga ecoregion.png|thumb|280px|right|Boreal forests occur in the more southern parts of the [[Taiga]] ecoregion that spreads across the northern parts of the world.]] [[Image:Major habitat type CAN USA.svg|thumb|280px|right|Distribution of taiga and boreal forests in North America (dark blue area in Canada and Alaska).]] [[Canada]]'s '''boreal forest''' comprises about one third of the circumpolar [[boreal forest]] that rings the [[northern hemisphere]], mostly north of the [[50th parallel north|50th parallel]].<ref>State of Canada's Forests: 2004-2005, The Boreal Forest, Canadian Forest Service, {{ISBN|0-662-40014-3}}, p. 43</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{multistub|geo|Canada}} [[Category:Geography of Canada]]