. Canada and its provinces; a history of the Canadian people and their institutions . ning such species as Purshiatridentata, Artemisia tridentata, and species of Gilia, Cactacea,Astu and Erigonum. On the Pacific coast and in the Selkirks, where the pre-cipitation is heavy, the vegetation is of tropical luxuriance, andthe forest is of great value. The mixed forest of EasternCanada is also most important for its timber. The southernportion of the northern forest has merchantable timber, andthe northern forms a vast storehouse of pulpwood. Wherethe original forest has been removed, as by forest
. Canada and its provinces; a history of the Canadian people and their institutions . ning such species as Purshiatridentata, Artemisia tridentata, and species of Gilia, Cactacea,Astu and Erigonum. On the Pacific coast and in the Selkirks, where the pre-cipitation is heavy, the vegetation is of tropical luxuriance, andthe forest is of great value. The mixed forest of EasternCanada is also most important for its timber. The southernportion of the northern forest has merchantable timber, andthe northern forms a vast storehouse of pulpwood. Wherethe original forest has been removed, as by forest fire, spruce,balsam, birch and tamarac usually constitute the immediatesecond growth. The Barren Lands are treeless and support an Arcticflora,—mosses, lichens, grasses, flowers and stunted plants,of which Rhododendron lapponicum, Cassiope tetragona anddwarf willows are perhaps the most characteristic. Thestunted nature of the growth will be realized from the factthat on the shores of Hudson Strait the blueberry is a bushabout one inch high, with proportionally diminutive BOMIlTIOIf ©F €AFA®A FORESTS AND VEGETATION Scale 1 O so too 200 >00 largely clearedI Northern Forest I densely wooded [ I Northern Forest ! 1 not densely wooded y^ 1 Western Forest I I Mixed Prairie and I 1 Woo I I National Parks and Timber Reserves Outliers of WoodedCountry 4r, I Hj, Uuihiii^ G»nirrK)lii^- ep M vr (I ex |i I I iiv Inr Cauad,. ..ml lis ilo FAUNA 79 XI FAUNA LIKE the flora, the fauna bears a marked resemblance to that^ of Europe and Asia, so that it is by some authoritiesunited with Eurasia into one zoo-geographical beaver and polar bear are common to both moose, wapiti, bison and grizzly bear are related to theelk, stag, aurochs and brown bear. The groups of cats, lynxes,weasels, bears, wolves, foxes, seals, hares, marmots, lemming,sheep and deer are well represented in each. But there aresome forms peculiar to North America—^among th
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