The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 23 days agoForest coverage in each US statelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1367arrow-down17
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minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-222 days 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-squaregens@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 days agoThere weren’t many meadows before humans came, it was all forrest.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days 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.