The Carolinian forest is a life zone in eastern North America characterized primarily by a predominance of deciduous, or broad-leaf trees. World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and fourth in population after Asia and Africa in area and population and Europe in population. ... Deciduous forest after leaf fall Deciduous means temporary or tending to fall off (deriving from the Latin word decidere, to fall off). ...

Extending from the Carolinas in the United States, it finds its northern limit in the southwestern section of Ontario, in Canada. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal it began, loyal it remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ...

The region is of particular importance in Canada because it provides the country with its most unique and richest abundance of plant and animal life.

Trees such as various species of ash, birch, chestnut, hickory, oak, and walnut are found here. Raccoons and possums to the relatively rare Southern Flying Squirrel, as well as nuthatchs and chickadees also favour Carolinian forests. Species Many, see text. ... Species many species see text and classification Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. ... Chestnut is also used to describe a certain colour of coat in horses that resembles the colour of the chestnut nut. ... Species See text Hickory is a tree of the genera Carya and Annamocarya. ... Oakland International Airport is located in Oakland, California and serves the San Francisco Bay Area metro region. ... This article is about the walnut tree. ... Binomial name Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758) The Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor), also known as the Northern Raccoon or just Raccoon or coon, is a mammal native to the Americas. ... A possum is any of about 25 small to medium-sized arboreal marsupials native to Australia. ... Binomial name Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus, 1758) The Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans) is one of two species of the genus Glaucomys, the only flying squirrels found in North America (the other is the somewhat larger Northern Flying Squirrel, ). It is found in deciduous and mixed woods in eastern North America... Species 22 species, see text The nuthatches are a family, Sittidae, of generally very similar small passerine birds found throughout the Northern hemisphere. ... Genera see text The tits, chickadees, and titmice, family Paridae, are a large family of small passerine birds which occur in the northern hemisphere and Africa. ...

Of concern, is that while less than one percent of Canada's land mass is occupied by this natural habitat, the same area is also home to one-quarter of the country's population.

It is estimated that 80 per cent of Canada's Carolinian forest has already been destroyed. The remaining portions, mostly scattered and disconnected, continue to be threatened by human development.

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• Carolinian Canada