Perhumid Boreal and Hemiboreal Forests of Eastern Canada

Eastern Canada takes in the rugged easternmost prominence of North America adjoining the North Atlantic Ocean. From south to north, and along gradients of elevation and distance from the ocean, it encompasses a range of temperate to boreal forests. Distinctive variants of these forests occur in the wettest coastal and montane areas of the region. They occur discontinuously from the Atlantic Coast of Nova Scotia to southern Labrador (43–52°N latitude), and from the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland to the Appalachian and Laurentian highlands of eastern Quebec (53–73°W longitude).