Ecoregions of Canada’s Prairie Grasslands
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The Central Plains of Western Canada comprise the Prairies Ecozone and the Boreal Plains Ecozone. The former has the most grasslands and is divided into seven ecoregions: Mixed Grassland, Cypress Upland, Moist Mixed Grassland, and Fescue Grassland in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan; Aspen Parkland, which extends in an arc from central Alberta and Saskatchewan southeast to southwestern Manitoba; and Lake Manitoba Plain and Southwest Manitoba Uplands, but grasslands are more abundant in the first six. The Boreal Plains Ecozone extends across central and northern Alberta and Saskatchewan and arcs southeast to western Manitoba. This ecozone is divided into 10 ecoregions, but only the Peace Lowland has significant grasslands. This chapter briefly describes the physiography, climate, soils, and prominent flora of six of the ecoregions in the Prairies Ecozone and one in the Boreal Plains Ecozone for the benefit of future biologists wishing to study the biota of
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