Seed Zone Coordinate system: 4269 - "NAD83" Abstract: This data set is a polygon coverage that can be used to identify the location of Seed Zones, which were developed to ensure that the variation of climatic parameters (e.g. growing season length) within each zone corresponds with the adaptive variation exhibited by major commercial tree species in the province. Seed zones were derived using the Ontario Climate Model, which helped to balance climatic variability and risk within each zone. The seed zones were then made operational by drawing boundaries to coincide with nearby geographic or administrative boundaries. For more information, please refer to the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) policy directive FOR 06 02 01, which is available for download from the additional documentation section.

Additional Documentation

• Metadata Information

  Language: eng; CAN

  Last Update: 2014-02-18

  Other Maintenance Requirements:

  fb64c066-0099-47ba-b130-67f544164926

  Metadata Contact:

  Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries Toronto Ontario, Canada

  Contact Instructions:

  gis@scholarsportal.info

  Metadata Standard:

  North American Profile of ISO19115:2003 - Geographic Information

• Citation Information

  
  
  

  Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Peterborough Ontario, Canada

  Themes or Categories of the Resource: environment

  Keywords:

  FORESTRY, FOREST MANAGEMENT, GENE POOLS, FOREST GENETICS, SEED COLLECTION, FORESTS, TREES, SEED, FOREST NURSARIES

  FORESTRY, FOREST MANAGEMENT, GENETIC RESOURCES, SEED CONES, SEEDS, FORESTS, SEED COLLECTION, NURSERIES

  Forestry, Foresterie, Forest management, Gestion forestière, Trees, Arbre, Forests, Forêt

  Place Keywords:

  Continent > North America > Canada > Ontario

  Purpose:

  The seed zone boundaries have been operationalized to facilitate seed collection.

  Dataset Language: eng; CAN

  Status: completed

  Update Frequency: asNeeded

  Spatial Representation Type: vector

  Extent

  West Longitude: -95.158727

  East Longitude: -74.330757

  North Latitude: 51.879261

  South Latitude: 41.722786

  
  

  Supplemental Information:

  The Ontario Climate Model uses specialized Geographic Information System (GIS) software and expertise developed by the Australian National University. The model couples climatic data from 400 weather stations across Ontario with a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) to generate and map climatic surfaces for parameters such as precipitation during the growing season and growing season length. Overlays of these surfaces permitted the development of homogeneous climate zones for areas of the province where the climatic regime is more similar than surrounding areas. Additional Time Period Information: Data set input into NRVIS as part of original data load in 1998. No edits or changes have occurred. Zones created in areas where active artificial regeneration of the forest would occur. Measure Description: Horizontal: Approximate: +/- 500 m The data would be considered 'coarse' and should not be considered an accurate representation of any administrative boundary.; Vertical: Unknown.

• Spatial Representation - Vector

  Geometric Objects:

  Object Type: composite

  Object Count: 35

• Reference System Information

  Reference System Identifier

  Value: 4269

  Code Space: http://www.epsg-registry.org/

• Data Quality Information

  Scope Level: dataset

• Distribution Information

  Distributor:

  Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange, Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) Peterborough Ontario, Canada

• Related Links

  • Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources - Seed Zones