Approximately what portion of North America is covered by forests?

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lstrasmann · Answer

About 80% of North America is forest.

anonymous · Answer

i had a test that asked this question my choices were 12% 24% 36% and 48%

lstrasmann · Answer

hmm, i don't know.. i just used google and 80% came up here: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_percentage_of_the_US_is_covered_by_forest

lstrasmann · Answer

and i know it says US in the question but answer says north america

anonymous · Answer

http://www.fao.org/docrep/w4345e/w4345e0i.htm "forest cover total North America 25.3%, forest and other wooded land cover 41.7%"

anonymous · Answer

i picked 12 because i figured with all the politicians vs. the hippies and tree huggers the trees would be down that far but i didnt think of canada there are trees everywhere up there.

lstrasmann · Answer

yeah, I probably would have gone with 24% because it seems like it is the correct answer for some reason. i hope you get it right though.