NFI_T18_LSAGE20_BIOM_MEAS

Table 18.1. Total above-ground biomass (million tonnes) on forest land by species group, age class and terrestrial ecozone in Canada.
Terrestrial ecozone	Species group	Age (years)												Total
Terrestrial ecozone	Species group	1-20	21-40	41-60	61-80	81-100	101-120	121-140	141-160	161-180	181-200	201+	Other¹	Total
Taiga Plains	Spruce	0.75	0.54	15.72	67.39	2 078.74	47.19	48.59	41.92	11.58	4.74	4.62	0.00	2 321.77
	Poplar	0.09	1.83	54.59	215.06	63.99	51.65	21.02	6.97	0.23	0.00	0.00	0.00	415.41
	Pine	0.01	0.14	4.33	8.15	3.41	6.54	14.19	5.09	0.02	0.00	0.04	0.00	41.93
	Birch	0.01	0.54	7.78	8.26	4.33	3.17	0.83	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	24.91
	Larch	0.00	0.00	0.16	0.26	0.67	0.70	0.60	0.41	0.10	0.18	0.65	0.00	3.73
	Unclassified	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.16	0.16
	Fir	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01
	Subtotal	0.87	3.04	82.58	299.11	2 151.14	109.25	85.23	54.38	11.92	4.92	5.32	0.16	2 807.92
Taiga Shield	Spruce	1.33	0.53	2.67	147.40	298.07	876.40	859.59	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2 186.32
	Poplar	0.23	0.00	0.06	0.00	25.48	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	25.77
	Unclassified	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.91	14.91
	Fir	0.00	0.00	0.01	2.22	0.18	9.47	1.03	0.29	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.21
	Pine	1.68	0.02	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.73	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.54
	Birch	0.04	0.04	0.10	0.17	1.62	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.97
	Other hardwoods	0.00	0.04	0.00	0.06	0.67	1.11	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.88
	Larch	0.01	0.00	< 0.01	0.01	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.14
	Subtotal	3.29	0.62	2.94	149.86	326.06	887.72	860.63	0.69	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.91	2 246.74
Boreal Shield	Spruce	33.54	226.22	436.81	991.99	1 753.53	1 317.32	291.97	140.27	19.22	2.58	0.21	0.00	5 213.66
	Poplar	18.08	80.08	234.76	561.64	425.88	53.61	10.53	0.83	1.45	0.48	0.00	0.00	1 387.34
	Pine	41.50	103.16	167.32	288.96	279.98	62.88	20.39	6.31	0.61	0.01	0.00	0.00	971.13
	Birch	7.20	59.98	237.24	271.26	227.00	35.85	15.95	3.07	1.38	0.25	0.31	0.00	859.49
	Maple	3.45	10.63	137.66	67.55	233.52	68.11	41.27	22.66	4.20	3.45	0.18	0.00	592.68
	Fir	9.34	43.80	95.84	130.56	139.74	45.14	12.93	5.33	2.96	0.97	0.13	0.00	486.73
	Unspecified conifers	115.53	55.94	4.76	0.23	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	176.49
	Unclassified	26.82	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	63.64	90.46
	Larch	25.99	2.87	6.02	6.97	8.14	7.70	5.37	3.07	0.56	0.00	0.00	0.00	66.71
	Other hardwoods	0.71	2.17	10.49	24.50	14.06	6.54	1.49	0.17	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	60.18
	Cedar & other conifers	0.09	3.04	6.55	11.87	18.55	7.22	5.84	4.90	0.50	0.24	0.00	0.00	58.78
	Unspecified hardwoods	47.35	5.42	0.18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	52.95
	Hemlock	0.00	0.00	2.57	4.08	6.20	3.96	4.50	1.25	0.24	1.04	0.89	0.00	24.72
	Subtotal	329.60	593.33	1 340.22	2 359.61	3 106.63	1 608.33	410.24	187.85	31.15	9.02	1.72	63.64	10 041.33
Atlantic Maritime	Fir	9.71	69.50	118.14	97.63	35.11	4.61	0.68	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	335.37
	Maple	12.05	22.71	150.51	78.63	44.40	2.31	0.96	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.00	311.81
	Spruce	9.92	29.51	135.71	75.29	47.71	12.33	0.86	0.22	0.21	0.00	0.00	0.00	311.76
	Poplar	5.75	17.72	48.64	26.50	3.33	0.15	0.00	0.12	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.00	102.28
	Birch	5.74	13.15	40.21	20.50	12.81	0.64	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	93.04
	Cedar & other conifers	0.21	1.19	7.76	5.56	10.68	8.43	1.15	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	35.05
	Unspecified conifers	23.33	9.22	0.06	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	32.75
	Pine	3.54	2.18	8.37	6.74	3.65	0.87	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	25.41
	Other hardwoods	13.71	2.40	1.43	2.11	0.04	0.09	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	19.78
	Unspecified hardwoods	8.85	1.45	0.64	0.12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.05
	Unclassified	1.81	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.30	8.11
	Larch	0.59	1.75	3.61	1.28	0.38	0.06	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.69
	Hemlock	0.04	0.56	2.60	0.46	1.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.70
	Subtotal	95.25	171.35	517.67	314.93	159.12	29.50	3.73	0.64	0.21	0.06	0.04	6.30	1 298.79
Mixedwood Plains	Maple	1.11	10.78	57.81	40.34	21.75	3.86	0.78	0.41	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	136.84
	Poplar	1.31	11.98	16.68	3.63	1.60	0.14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	35.34
	Other hardwoods	0.43	5.22	11.55	13.21	3.07	0.65	0.15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	34.28
	Cedar & other conifers	0.09	3.49	11.65	5.19	1.85	0.35	0.66	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	23.28
	Pine	1.33	5.27	5.64	2.55	0.48	0.21	0.00	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	15.59
	Fir	0.01	8.13	5.24	1.11	0.47	0.00	0.21	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	15.17
	Birch	0.23	1.97	1.97	0.16	1.34	< 0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.67
	Hemlock	0.00	< 0.01	2.36	0.52	1.17	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.12
	Spruce	0.15	0.82	2.55	0.51	0.09	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.12
	Unspecified hardwoods	2.16	0.14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.30
	Larch	0.01	0.25	0.96	0.51	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.75
	Unspecified conifers	0.91	0.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.21
	Unclassified	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.65	0.65
	Subtotal	7.74	48.34	116.40	67.73	31.84	5.23	1.87	0.51	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.65	280.31
Boreal Plains	Spruce	2.32	23.26	209.64	390.82	330.52	200.26	128.34	65.85	28.70	8.50	7.99	0.00	1 396.19
	Poplar	18.54	83.79	443.15	379.05	230.13	147.01	37.24	4.04	0.87	0.03	0.00	0.00	1 343.86
	Pine	7.45	25.78	79.22	84.47	90.46	111.58	27.75	16.11	2.27	0.35	< 0.01	0.00	445.45
	Larch	0.18	1.51	6.32	14.29	15.30	9.02	4.00	1.30	2.60	0.11	0.00	0.00	54.63
	Birch	0.22	3.35	21.44	4.37	2.46	0.31	0.06	0.08	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	32.29
	Unclassified	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.80	14.80
	Fir	< 0.01	1.45	1.90	1.94	1.70	1.13	0.27	1.64	0.47	0.22	0.52	0.00	11.23
	Other hardwoods	0.00	0.46	0.33	0.15	0.14	< 0.01	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.09
	Maple	0.07	0.17	0.07	0.49	0.00	0.15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.96
	Subtotal	28.78	139.78	762.06	875.58	670.70	469.46	197.66	89.04	34.91	9.22	8.51	14.80	3 300.50
Prairies	Poplar	0.14	0.11	32.43	49.54	61.59	0.02	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	143.83
	Spruce	0.00	0.00	0.19	2.49	0.56	3.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.26
	Pine	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.55	0.28	0.18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00
	Unclassified	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.19	0.19
	Birch	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01
	Fir	0.00	0.00	0.00	< 0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	< 0.01
	Subtotal	0.14	0.11	32.62	52.59	62.43	3.21	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.19	151.30
Taiga Cordillera	Spruce	0.05	15.89	9.16	2.63	5.42	427.08	5.72	2.93	0.28	0.00	0.00	0.00	469.15
	Fir	0.00	0.01	1.08	1.72	5.42	2.73	3.28	< 0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.26
	Birch	0.01	0.02	0.04	8.84	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.93
	Pine	0.00	0.38	0.58	0.61	0.18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.74
	Poplar	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.16
	Subtotal	0.06	16.32	10.86	13.80	11.18	429.81	9.00	2.93	0.28	0.00	0.00	0.00	494.24
Boreal Cordillera	Spruce	0.08	9.10	25.86	54.41	192.73	165.76	71.36	51.13	77.66	13.27	132.13	0.00	793.48
	Pine	0.06	10.69	17.96	16.57	56.44	41.85	51.91	38.93	25.78	2.56	21.45	0.00	284.21
	Fir	0.08	0.84	2.30	7.03	17.38	17.80	16.93	17.34	14.92	8.55	93.70	0.00	196.86
	Poplar	0.47	5.94	18.63	12.72	3.16	9.82	10.72	5.36	2.07	0.00	3.35	0.00	72.24
	Birch	0.20	1.23	0.75	2.85	1.93	0.12	0.14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.22
	Unclassified	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.88	0.88
	Subtotal	0.90	27.79	65.51	93.57	271.64	235.36	151.06	112.75	120.43	24.37	250.63	0.88	1 354.89
Pacific Maritime	Hemlock	1.06	46.92	58.71	82.78	42.00	43.90	40.41	22.89	14.91	16.15	1 051.28	0.00	1 421.03
	Cedar & other conifers	1.22	2.35	7.29	3.67	3.51	3.85	3.89	1.66	5.63	12.21	475.04	0.00	520.33
	Douglas-fir	0.28	16.67	55.78	81.18	52.74	39.18	38.11	8.78	21.84	6.56	89.33	0.00	410.46
	Fir	0.73	7.92	4.17	2.40	3.38	10.51	3.36	5.15	10.22	3.27	298.73	0.00	349.85
	Spruce	0.36	3.00	1.68	0.57	6.50	0.55	0.91	1.19	1.62	9.76	54.59	0.00	80.73
	Pine	0.12	0.07	1.29	1.66	3.27	12.42	8.30	1.18	0.15	3.56	7.23	0.00	39.24
	Other hardwoods	0.04	2.55	14.34	11.85	6.58	3.28	0.17	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	38.81
	Poplar	0.00	0.29	0.61	2.52	5.41	7.12	1.85	2.50	1.02	1.35	0.56	0.00	23.23
	Maple	0.00	0.27	1.39	5.30	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.15
	Birch	0.09	0.14	0.07	2.23	0.75	1.33	0.32	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.94
	Unclassified	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.47	4.47
	Unspecified hardwoods	0.00	0.00	0.00	< 0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	< 0.01
	Subtotal	3.90	80.16	145.35	194.18	124.33	122.14	97.32	43.36	55.40	52.87	1 976.78	4.47	2 900.24
Montane Cordillera	Pine	3.59	17.46	37.66	171.87	230.71	252.47	318.97	191.17	106.21	62.07	66.40	0.00	1 458.58
	Spruce	1.74	6.37	13.03	38.01	58.77	96.16	156.65	147.92	119.25	129.20	433.22	0.00	1 200.33
	Fir	0.18	9.59	16.12	29.34	38.54	39.22	73.37	71.41	75.43	86.92	441.32	0.00	881.45
	Douglas-fir	2.06	19.35	26.32	75.26	111.53	151.42	128.32	77.48	42.40	29.23	111.67	0.00	775.04
	Hemlock	< 0.01	3.83	6.91	8.54	16.77	8.25	3.68	12.59	10.81	10.94	182.35	0.00	264.67
	Poplar	0.75	2.56	6.34	20.30	48.79	32.83	21.32	4.61	2.98	0.38	1.28	0.00	142.14
	Cedar & other conifers	0.01	3.61	0.96	3.33	3.86	3.78	1.67	3.97	4.08	7.56	88.24	0.00	121.08
	Larch	0.33	0.62	4.31	17.75	16.84	18.03	9.50	5.34	1.59	1.97	10.04	0.00	86.33
	Birch	0.21	0.36	1.49	6.11	10.20	6.71	2.52	0.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	27.91
	Unclassified	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.64	7.64
	Other hardwoods	0.00	< 0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.44	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.52
	Subtotal	8.87	63.76	113.15	370.52	536.03	608.87	716.00	515.23	362.84	328.27	1 334.52	7.64	4 965.70
Hudson Plains	Spruce	0.93	0.46	1.01	4.20	66.37	134.58	1.43	2.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	210.99
	Unclassified	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.74	3.74
	Pine	0.51	1.63	0.25	0.58	0.28	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.25
	Poplar	< 0.01	0.00	0.00	2.91	0.00	0.08	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.99
	Larch	0.59	0.00	< 0.01	0.04	< 0.01	0.11	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.77
	Fir	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.10
	Birch	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05
	Cedar & other conifers	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05
	Unspecified conifers	0.00	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.04
	Subtotal	2.03	2.12	1.26	7.85	66.68	134.77	1.48	2.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.74	221.96
Canada	Spruce	51.16	315.70	854.03	1 775.70	4 839.01	3 280.64	1 565.42	453.77	258.52	168.05	632.77	0.00	14 194.77
	Poplar	45.36	204.32	855.90	1 273.87	869.49	302.43	102.68	24.43	8.62	2.30	5.19	0.00	3 694.59
	Pine	59.80	166.78	322.72	582.70	669.13	489.75	441.57	258.89	135.04	68.56	95.13	0.00	3 290.07
	Fir	20.06	141.22	244.80	274.02	241.97	130.63	112.06	101.16	103.99	99.93	834.40	0.00	2 304.25
	Hemlock	1.11	51.32	73.16	96.38	67.15	56.11	48.67	36.73	25.96	28.13	1 234.52	0.00	1 719.24
	Douglas-fir	2.34	36.02	82.11	156.44	164.27	190.60	166.43	86.27	64.25	35.78	201.00	0.00	1 185.51
	Birch	13.95	80.77	311.08	324.82	262.45	48.13	19.83	3.45	1.38	0.25	0.31	0.00	1 066.42
	Maple	16.69	44.56	347.45	192.30	299.87	74.44	43.00	23.27	4.20	3.45	0.22	0.00	1 049.44
	Cedar & other conifers	1.62	13.68	34.20	29.62	38.46	23.63	13.26	10.59	10.21	20.02	563.28	0.00	758.56
	Larch	27.71	7.00	21.38	41.12	41.39	35.61	19.47	10.24	4.84	2.26	10.70	0.00	221.73
	Unspecified conifers	139.76	65.50	4.83	0.36	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	210.49
	Other hardwoods	14.89	12.84	38.13	51.88	24.56	11.68	1.83	0.62	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	156.55
	Unclassified	28.62	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	117.38	146.01
	Unspecified hardwoods	58.36	7.01	0.82	0.12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	66.31
	Total	481.44	1 146.72	3 190.63	4 799.33	7 517.79	4 643.63	2 534.22	1 009.42	617.13	428.73	3 577.51	117.38	30 063.93
Source: Canada's National Forest Inventory, revised 2006 baseline (Version 3, December 2013) (http://nfi.nfis.org)
Note: The Arctic ecozones (Arctic Cordillera, Northern Arctic, Southern Arctic), and the Taiga Plains and Hudson Plains ecozones located in Nunavut, are not inventoried. These non-inventoried areas total 262,189.89 thousand ha.
¹Missing or unknown age class.