| Title | Canada's Plant Hardiness Zones and Extreme Minimum Temperature Zones / Zones de rusticité des plantes au Canada et Zones de température minimale extrême |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | McKenney, D W; Pedlar, J H; Lawrence, K; Papadopol, P; Campbell, K; Hutchinson, M F; Kramers, R E; Rose, I; Monette, J; Morisset, N |
| Source | 2014, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/293796  Open Access |
| Links | Plant hardiness zones
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| Links | Rusticité des plantes
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| Links | Change and evolution in the plant hardiness zones of
Canada (BioScience v.64 n.4, 2014)
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| Image |  |
| Year | 2014 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Edition | 3 |
| Document | pamphlet |
| Lang. | English; French |
| Maps | 2 maps |
| Map Info. | botanical, plant hardiness/rusticité des plantes, 1:9,600,000 |
| Projection | Lambert Conformal Conic Projection |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication supercedes the following
publications |
| Related | This publication is related to the
following publications |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | British Columbia; Alberta; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Ontario; Quebec; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Yukon; Nunavut; Canada |
| NTS | 1; 2; 3; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49; 52; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 62; 63; 64; 65;
66; 67; 68; 69; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 82; 83; 84; 85; 86; 87; 88; 89; 92; 93; 94; 95; 96; 97; 98; 99; 102; 103; 104; 105; 106; 107; 114O; 114P; 115; 116; 117; 120; 340; 560 |
| Lat/Long WENS | -141.0000 -50.0000 90.0000 41.7500 |
| Subjects | vegetation; temperature |
| Released | 2014 01 01 |
| Abstract | (unpublished)
This third edition of the plant hardiness zones map shows the different zones in Canada where various types of trees, shrubs and flowers will most likely survive. The map is
based on a formula using seven important variables that influence plant survival:
1. Monthly mean of the daily minimum temperatures of the coldest month
2. Mean frost-free period (above 0°C) in days
3. Amount of rainfall from June to
November
4. Monthly mean of the daily maximum temperatures of the warmest month
5. A winter harshness index related to rainfall in January
6. Mean maximum snow depth
7. Maximum wind gust in 30 year period
The original map was
developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in the early 1960s based on average values from 1930 to 1960. This new map uses 1981 to 2010 averages. The map shown at right and on the reverse side shows an alternative plant hardiness zone approach
using just one climate variable: the average of the annual extreme minimum temperature for the period 1981 to 2010.
This approach was originally developed by scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture
(www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/).
To view an interactive version of this map and for more information on plant hardiness zones in Canada, please go to the following Web site: www.planthardiness.gc.ca |
| GEOSCAN ID | 293796 |
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