The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 2 年前Forest coverage in each US statelemmy.worldimagemessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up1370arrow-down17
arrow-up1363arrow-down1imageForest coverage in each US statelemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 2 年前message-square53linkfedilink
minus-squareCanadaPluslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 年前Mississippi, Jesus. The black belt is such a massively underrepresented area in media I guess I shouldn’t be surprised I had no idea it was forested.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 年前The only reason Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio are so low is because of the massive farms. They were originally all forest.
minus-squareCanadaPluslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 年前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-up2·2 年前There weren’t many meadows before humans came, it was all forrest.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 年前Not in the East, anyway. The Great plains have always been massive grasslands.
Mississippi, Jesus.
The black belt is such a massively underrepresented area in media I guess I shouldn’t be surprised I had no idea it was forested.
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.