Canadian Aspen Forests and Parklands

[3] This ecoregion includes parts of the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, north-central and eastern (except extreme eastern) North Dakota, most of east South Dakota, and north-central Nebraska in the American Great Plains.The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines this ecoregion as the Northern Glaciated Plains.In addition, local saline deposits support alkali grass, wild barley, red samphire, and seablite.The dominant grasses found here include grama (Bouteloua gracilis), little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), needle-and-thread grass (Stipa comata), wheatgrass (Agropyron smithii), Carex filifolia, junegrass (Koeleria cristata), and Poa secunda.[2] The topography is broken by many glacial pothole lakes, making this ecoregion the most productive breeding area for waterfowl in the U.S. Other wildlife characteristic of the moist mixed grassland are black-tailed and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus and O. virginianus), pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana), coyote (Canis latrans), short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma douglassi), western rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis), rabbit (Sylvilagus sp.)
J. Clark Salyer NWRNearcticTemperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublandsCanadian Aspen forests and parklandsCentral and Southern mixed grasslandsCentral tall grasslandsMontana Valley and Foothill grasslandsNebraska Sand Hills mixed grasslandsNorthern short grasslandsNorthern tall grasslandsCanadaUnited StatesAlbertaSaskatchewanManitobaNorth DakotaSouth DakotaNebraskaHumid continentalhot summerGlobal 200ecoregionsCanadianprovincesAmericanGreat PlainsNorthern Glaciated PlainsPopulus tremuloidesQuercus macrocarpafescuespear grasswheat grassalkali grasswild barleyseablitelodgepole pinedeciduousDelphiniumZigadenus elegansLupinustallgrassshortgrassBouteloua gracilisSchizachyrium scopariumStipa comataAgropyron smithiiCarex filifoliaKoeleria cristataPoa secundablack-tailedwhite-tailed deerpronghorn antelopecoyotePhrynosoma douglassiCrotalus viridisrabbitSylvilagussage grouseYellow-rumped warblerList of ecoregions in Canada (WWF)List of ecoregions in the United States (WWF)List of ecoregions in the United States (EPA)University of California Press