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Forest coverage in each US state (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] Liz@midwest.social 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The only reason Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio are so low is because of the massive farms. They were originally all forest.

[–] CanadaPlus 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Liz@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

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