Red and White Pine forest type

The Red and White Pine forest type is dominated by pine, often a Mixedwood with an overstory of White Pine, and an understory of other tree species including Poplar, spruce and Hardwoods. This forest type is most commonly found in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence forests.

Map of Red and White Pine forest type

map of the Red and White Pine forest type, with relative occurrence ranging from low as light beige and army green as high.

Enlarge Map of Red and White Pine forest type

Area within the Red and White Pine forest type (area in hectares)

Statistic Crown Parks and protected areas Other Total
Total AOU Area 2016 730,028 146,811 175,028 1,051,867

Total area by seral stage–Red and White Pine forest type (area in hectares)

Statistic Crown Parks and protected areas Other Total
Pre-Sapling 45,571 240 1,533 47,345
Sapling 35,559 2,023 4,767 42,349
Immature 119,534 11,719 53,860 185,113
Mature 484,996 113,941 112,099 711,036
Late Successional 44,366 18,888 2,770 66,024
Totals 730,028 146,811 175,028 1,051,867

Red and White Pine forest type area by seral stage

chart of Red and White Pine forest type area by seral stage. Forest types include crown in light green, parks and protected areas in green and other in grey. Seral stages include pre-sapling, sapling, immature, mature and late successional.

Total growing stock volume –Red and White Pine forest type (volume in thousands of cubic metres)

Statistic Crown Parks and protected areas Other Total
Gross Total Volume 137,825 32,446 39,401 209,672
Net Merchantable Volume 88,998 21,123 26,362 136,483
Current Annual Increment 893 129 317 1,338

Total growing stock volume by dominant species –Red and White Pine forest type (volume in thousands of cubic metres)

Statistic Crown Parks and protected areas Other Total
White Pine 65,792 16,141 17,025 98,957
Red Pine 23,951 5,128 8,017 37,097
Poplar 15,913 3,596 4,310 23,818
White Birch 7,280 1,831 1,015 10,126
Red Maple 4,414 1,100 2,314 7,828
All Others 20,475 4,651 6,720 31,846
Totals 137,825 32,446 39,401 209,672

Red and White Pine forest type by age class

chart of Red and White Pine forest type area by age class. Data from 2001 is represented by beige bars, 2006 by light brown, 2011 by green, and 2016 by charcoal black.

Species in Red and White Pine forest type

pie chart of species in Red and White Pine forest type, including White Pine in orange, Red Pine in red, Jack Pine in neon green, spruce in dark green, other conifers in yellow, Poplar in light brown, White Birch in grey and Hardwoods dark green-brown.