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Gulf of St. Lawrence lowland forests

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Most of this ecoregion has been altered by logging and clearance for agriculture with only 3% of the original habitat remaining and that highly fragmented. The only large block of intact habitat remains in the area around
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The colder climate allows more hardwood trees to grow in the Gulf of St Lawrence than in most of this part of northeast North America. Trees of the region include eastern hemlock (
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Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregion of Canada and the United States
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Central U.S. hardwood forests images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu
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in New Brunswick, although even here logging is ongoing.
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The forests are home to a variety of wildlife including
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Confederation Trail
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Prince Edward Island

Realm
Nearctic
Biome
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Eastern Canadian forests
New England/Acadian forests
Canada
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
temperate broadleaf and mixed forest
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Eastern Canada

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