G.G.E. Scudder and I.M. Smith. 1998. Introduction and Summary in Smith, I.M., and G.G.E. Scudder, eds. Assessment of species diversity in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone. Burlington: Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network, 1998.

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Table 2. Total Percentage Area of Montane Cordillera Ecozone in each Biogeoclimatic Zone by Ecoprovince of British Columbia

Biogeoclimatic Zone

Ecoprovince

  Central Interior Subboreal Interior Southern Interior Mountains Southern Interior

Bunchgrass

-

-

-

5

Ponderosa Pine

-

-

-

6

Interior Douglas Fir

17

-

4

45

Montane Spruce

10

-

3

27

Englemann Spruce - Subalpine Fir

13

32

37

13

Subboreal Pine-Spruce

21

-

-

-

Subboreal Spruce

25

40

4

-

Boreal White and Black Spruce

-

5

-

-

Interior Cedar-Hemlock

-

3

23

-

Alpine Tundra

9

16

27

-

Other

5

4

2

4

Total

100

100

100

100