Question

What percent of the land area in Canada is covered with coniferous forests?
A. $25\%$
B. $30\%$
C. $35\%$
D. $40\%$

Answer 1

Hint: Coniferous forests are vegetation that is predominantly of cone bearing, sharp, pointy leaves. These trees are evergreen. This kind of vegetation is mainly found in mountainous regions or cold areas with a rich amount of annual rainfall.

Complete Answer:
Canada has forest areas of $34.8\%$. Canada has 4 types of coniferous forests. These forests thrive in climates with longer winters, and are home to a number of wildlife species like the wood bison, Canada lynx etc.
 Boreal Forest- Canada holds $30\%$ of the worldwide boreal (coniferous) forest. It creates an area of more than 1000 km in width. This area is predominantly openly public and is high in natural resources. Surrounding the earth's Northern Hemisphere just south of the Arctic Circle, this green blanket of mostly coniferous forest includes approximately 16.6 million square km, or around 1/3 of earth’s forest cover.
Columbia Forest Region- This area of coniferous forest lies between the Rocky Mountains and British Columbia’s central highland. It runs along rivers and lakes. It comprises Douglas fir, red cedar, grand fir and western yew trees.
St. Lawrence- This area is a mix of coniferous and deciduous forests. It is considered the second largest forest cover after boreal. It houses species like eastern hemlock, red oak, white cedar etc.
Coastal region of British Columbia- This region is exclusively coniferous. It houses timber trees like douglas fir, sitka spruce etc.
Therefore the correct answer is Option C: $35\%$.

Note: Canada has over 347 million hectares of forests. This amounts to around $9\%$ of the world’s total forest cover. Canada is the third largest forest area of a country in the world. The boreal forests are considered to be the world’s largest biome.