The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 1 month agoForest coverage in each US statelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1367arrow-down17
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minus-squareLizlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month 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-21 month 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-up2·1 month agoThere weren’t many meadows before humans came, it was all forrest.
minus-squareLizlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoNot in the East, anyway. The Great plains have always been massive grasslands.
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.