The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 24 小时前Forest coverage in each US statelemmy.worldimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1345arrow-down17
arrow-up1338arrow-down1imageForest coverage in each US statelemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 24 小时前message-square55fedilink
minus-squareLizlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·18 小时前The 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-218 小时前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).
minus-squaregens@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 小时前There weren’t many meadows before humans came, it was all forrest.
minus-squareLizlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 小时前Not 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.