Canadian Aspen Forests and Parklands

The Canadian Aspen Forests and Parklands is one of 844 terrestrial ecoregions defined by One Earth. This ecoregion includes parts of the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, north-central and eastern (except extreme eastern) North Dakota, most of east South Dakota, and north-central Nebraska in the American Great Plains. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines this ecoregion as the Northern Glaciated Plains.

Canadian Aspen Forests and Parklands
A patch of mixed grassland in J. Clark Salyer NWR
Canadian Aspen Forests and Parklands
Ecology
RealmNearctic
BiomeTemperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Borders
List
Bird species?
Mammal species?
Geography
CountryCanada and United States
States/ProvincesAlberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska
Climate typeHumid continental (hot summer in south) (Dfa and Dfb)
Conservation
Global 200Yes
Habitat loss75%
ProtectedVery low%
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