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Table 17. Area, volume, and biomass summaries by forest region
Fresh Not
Area (million ha)
Forest & other Stocked
Forest region
Land water classified Total wooded land Forest forest
Boreal - predominantly forest 254.7 32.8 1.6 289.1 208.1 160.9 138.4
Boreal - forest & grassland 20.3 0.9 0.1 21.4 2.1 2.1 2.0
Boreal - forest & barren 186.1 27.6 0.9 214.6 94.9 61.7 55.9
Subalpine 24.2 0.6 0.2 25.0 17.0 15.5 14.4
Montane 14.2 0.7 0.0 14.9 12.5 12.1 11.2
Coast 11.3 0.4 0.1 11.9 8.7 8.0 7.0
Columbia 5.1 0.3 0.0 5.3 4.1 3.9 3.6
Deciduous 2.6 2.3 0.0 4.9 0.4 0.4 0.3
Great Lakes - St. Lawrence 35.0 10.3 0.1 45.4 26.8 25.6 23.7
Acadian 11.7 0.4 0.0 12.1 9.6 9.4 8.8
Grassland 29.0 0.5 0.0 29.6 1.5 1.5 1.4
Tundra 287.8 11.5 5.5 304.8 16.2 9.1 8.1
Canada 882.1 88.3 8.7 979.1 402.1 310.1 274.9
Volume (million m
Forest region
3 ) Biomass (million t)
On forest On other
Coniferous Broadleaved Total land vegetated land Total
Boreal - predominantly forest 9 820.7 3 803.0 13 623.8 12 306.79 720.77 13 027.55
Boreal - forest & grassland 23.3 113.6 136.9 164.34 25.83 190.18
Boreal - forest & barren 1 407.8 190.7 1 598.5 2 497.58 930.84 3 428.42
Subalpine 2 990.8 87.2 3 077.9 2 706.40 5.46 2 711.86
Montane 1 910.2 97.7 2 007.9 1 880.27 4.35 1 884.63
Coast 2 535.3 111.4 2 646.7 2 276.56 4.16 2 280.72
Columbia 751.3 25.0 776.4 718.17 0.45 718.61
Deciduous 8.2 31.9 40.1 34.50 0.58 35.09
Great Lakes - St. Lawrence 1 363.9 2 031.1 3 395.0 2 713.54 46.81 2 760.35
Acadian 556.2 270.9 827.1 738.07 8.33 746.40
Grassland 140.5 23.4 163.9 198.76 67.80 266.55
Tundra 1 062.8 26.5 1 089.3 1 062.81 460.57 1 523.38
Canada 22 570.9 6 812.5 29 383.4 27 297.80 2 275.94 29 573.74
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