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Forest coverage in each US state (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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).

[–] gens@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There weren't many meadows before humans came, it was all forrest.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

Not in the East, anyway. The Great plains have always been massive grasslands.