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Canada's Forest Inventory 2001 Canada’s Forest Inventory 2001 Katja Power and Mark Gillis Natural Resources Canada • Canadian Forest Service Pacific Forestry Centre • Victoria, British Columbia Information Report • BC-X-408 The Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, British Columbia The Pacific Forestry Centre of the Canadian Forest Service undertakes research as part of a national network system responding to the needs of various forest resource managers. The results of this research are distributed in the form of scientific and technical reports and other publica- tions. Additional information on Natural Resources Canada, the Canadian Forest Service, and Pacific Forestry Centre research and publications is also available on the World Wide Web at: cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/regions/pfc. To download or order additional copies of this publication, see our online bookstore at: bookstore.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca. Canada’s Forest Inventory 2001 Katja Power and Mark Gillis Natural Resources Canada Canadian Forest Service Pacific Forestry Centre Victoria, BC Natural Resources Canada Canadian Forest Service Pacific Forestry Centre Information Report BC-X-408 2006 Canadian Forest Service Pacific Forestry Centre 506 West Burnside Road Victoria, British Columbia V8Z 1M5 Phone (250) 363-0600 cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/regions/pfc © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2006 ISSN 0830-0453 ISBN 0-662-44429-9 Printed in Canada Cette publication est aussi disponible en français. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Power, K. (Katja) Canada’s forest inventory 2001 / Katja Power, Mark Gillis. (Information report BC-X-408) “...replaces Canada’s forest inventory 1991: the 1994 Version”—Abstract Includes bibliographical references. Available also on the Internet. Includes an abstract in French. ISBN 0-662-44429-9 Cat. no.: Fo143-2/408E 1. Forests and forestry--Canada. 2. Forest surveys--Canada. I.Gillis, M. D. II. Pacific Forestry Centre III. Title. IV. Series: Information report (Pacific Forest Research Centre) BC-X-408. SD145 G54 2006 333.75’11’0971 C2006-980324-2 Contents ABSTRACT / RÉSUMÉ ......................................................................................................................... v CONTRIBUTORS TO THE INVENTORY .................................................................................................. vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...................................................................................................................... vii HIGHLIGHTS.....................................................................................................................................viii 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 1 2. DESCRIPTION OF CANADA’S FOREST INVENTORY ....................................................................... 1 2.1 GENERAL .......................................................................................................................... 1 2.2 DATA SOURCES AND INVENTORY TYPES ........................................................................... 2 2.3 ATTRIBUTE DATA ............................................................................................................. 5 2.4 AGE OF DATA ................................................................................................................... 6 2.5 GEOGRAPHIC DATA ........................................................................................................... 7 2.6 DATA COMPILATION .......................................................................................................... 7 2.7 BIOMASS ESTIMATION ..................................................................................................... 10 2.8 DATA SUMMARIES AND DISPLAY .................................................................................... 12 3. INVENTORY RESULTS ................................................................................................................. 12 3.1 LAND CLASS ................................................................................................................... 14 3.2 OWNERSHIP ..................................................................................................................... 18 3.3 STATUS ............................................................................................................................ 20 3.4 SITE INDEX ..................................................................................................................... 21 3.5 STOCKING ....................................................................................................................... 24 3.6 AGE AND MATURITY ...................................................................................................... 26 3.7 FOREST TYPE................................................................................................................... 30 3.8 PREDOMINANT GENERA .................................................................................................. 31 3.9 LEAD SPECIES ................................................................................................................. 33 3.10 VOLUME ......................................................................................................................... 34 3.11 BIOMASS ......................................................................................................................... 38 3.12 ACCESS ........................................................................................................................... 41 4. REGIONAL SUMMARIES ............................................................................................................. 43 4.1 FOREST REGIONS ............................................................................................................ 43 4.2 TERRESTRIAL ECOZONES OF CANADA ............................................................................ 45 4.3 BOREAL REGION ............................................................................................................. 47 5 FEATURED ANALYSIS: PROTECTED AREAS ................................................................................ 50 6 SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................. 53 7 REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................. 54 8 TABLES ..................................................................................................................................... 55 APPENDIX I. SUMMARY TABLES ...................................................................................................... 71 APPENDIX II. CANFI2001 CODES AND DESCRIPTIONS ................................................................. 113 APPENDIX III. DATA FORMATS ...................................................................................................... 126 iii Abstract Canada’s Forest Inventory is a compilation of the most recent information on the extent and state of Canada’s forest resources. It is based on existing provincial and territorial forest inventories and satellite imagery, and is revised periodically to reflect the most recent data available. Canada’s Forest Inventory 2001 (CanFI2001) is based on contributions from federal, provincial and territorial government agencies. It is stored in a relational database and geographic information system that provides statistical reporting, mapping and spatial-analysis capabilities. CanFI2001 replaces Canada’s Forest Inventory 1991: The 1994 Version (CanFI1991). The 2001 National Forest Inventory includes a revised land classification, an expanded species list, expanded coverage to include the entire land mass of Canada and an estimation of forest biomass. This report represents a summary of data available. Résumé L’Inventaire des forêts du Canada est une compilation de l’information la plus récente sur l’étendue et l’état des ressources forestières du Canada. Il repose sur les inventaires des forêts provinciaux et territoriaux existants ainsi que sur les images satellites, et il est régulièrement révisé afin de présenter les données les plus récentes connues. L’Inventaire des forêts du Canada 2001 (IFCan2001) se fonde sur les contributions des agences gouvernementales fédérales, provinciales et territoriales. Il est stocké dans une base de données relationnelles et dans un système d’information géographique et il permet de produire des rapports statistiques, des cartes et des analyses spatiales. L’IFCan2001 remplace le Canada’s Forest Inventory 1991: the 1994 Version (appelé IFCan1991). L’Inventaire forestier national 2001 comprend une classification révisée de la couverture terrestre, une liste étendue des essences, une présentation plus élargie qui inclut la totalité de la masse terrestre du Canada, ainsi qu’une estimation de la biomasse forestière. Ce rapport représente un résumé des données disponibles. v Contributors to the Inventory Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Forest Resources and Agri-foods Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources Prince Edward Island Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, Aquaculture & Forestry New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources & Energy Québec Ministère des Ressources naturelles, de la Faune et des Parcs Ontario Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Manitoba Manitoba Conservation, Forestry Branch Saskatchewan
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