Canadian Aspen Forests and Parklands | |
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Ecology | |
Realm | Nearctic |
Biome | Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands |
Borders | |
Bird species | ?[1] |
Mammal species | ?[1] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada and United States |
States/Provinces | Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska |
Climate type | Humid continental (hot summer in south) (Dfa and Dfb) |
Conservation | |
Global 200 | Yes |
Habitat loss | 75%[1] |
Protected | Very low%[1] |
The Canadian Aspen Forests and Parklands[2] is one of 844 terrestrial ecoregions defined by One Earth.[3] 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.