Table 5 Peatland areas by ecozone [69] from the Peatlands of Canada Map [13] and the new peatlands map from this study
From: Spatially-integrated estimates of net ecosystem exchange and methane fluxes from Canadian peatlands
Ecozone | Peatlands of Canada peatland areas (103 km2) | New peatland map peatland areas (103 km2) | New peatland map peatland areas by expanded categories (103 km2) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bog | Fen | Swamp | Marsh | Bog | Poor fen | Rich fen | Forested Bog | Treed Bog | Open Bog | Forested Poor Fen | Treed Poor Fen | Open Poor Fen | Forested Rich Fen | Treed Rich Fen | Open Rich Fen | |
Arctic Cordillera | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Northern Arctic | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Southern Arctic | 13.3 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Taiga Plains | 131.1 | 44.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 71.6 | 4.9 | 0.2 | 43.4 | 17.0 | 11.1 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.003 |
Taiga Shield | 81.6 | 55.9 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 33.4 | 0.3 | 0.012 | 4.0 | 7.8 | 21.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.006 |
Boreal Shield | 259.8 | 58.8 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 218.7 | 48.8 | 8.1 | 187.0 | 25.0 | 6.8 | 41.0 | 5.9 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 0.9 |
Atlantic Maritime | 8.0 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.001 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.03 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.0 |
Mixedwood Plains | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.005 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.011 | 0.004 | 0.001 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Boreal Plains | 83.1 | 64.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 106.4 | 57.0 | 26.7 | 88.2 | 12.4 | 5.8 | 48.6 | 7.0 | 1.4 | 21.4 | 5.1 | 0.3 |
Prairie | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Taiga Cordillera | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Boreal Cordillera | 5.7 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Pacific Maritime | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Montane Cordillera | 3.2 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Hudson Plains | 127.7 | 130.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 85.5 | 34.9 | 13.7 | 33.5 | 19.2 | 32.8 | 17.4 | 13.0 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 8.4 | 2.1 |
Total | 724.9 | 374.1 | 5.5 | 1.9 | 533.1 | 146.7 | 48.9 | 365.2 | 86.7 | 81.2 | 111.4 | 27.6 | 7.8 | 29.8 | 15.7 | 3.3 |
% of total area | 66 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 20 | 7 | 50 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |