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Old Posted Feb 11, 2019, 12:31 AM
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Originally Posted by TownGuy View Post
Here's a neat with some of the dominant species...if you can read it..

Again - that's BS. For example, I can guarantee you there are vast areas of that pale purple where there aren't any oaks (within Quebec; can't speak for Thunder Bay but I see vid already did that).

Balsam fir (only listed in "Acadian") is ubiquitous in many areas that are pale purple.

American Beech (only listed in "Carolinian") grows very well in plenty of areas that are pale purple (say, Montreal, Sherbrooke). But not all of the pale purple, obviously. As I mentioned in my previous post*, the pale purple zone is only valid as long as it's a general mixedwoods region, distinct from both its southern Carolinian and northern Boreal neighbors, and if that's the case, then there's zero reason to distinguish that from "Acadian mixedwoods". The differences within that pale purple zone are already so great they're dwarfing any differences between it and the Maritimes.


* it's the same map, so it's the same criticism...
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