Ecological Planning Units For Southern Quebec Forest Inventory

Ecological planning units form the territorial base for the ecoforest inventory process in southern Quebec. The layer integrates administrative forest regions and ecological regions for planning inventory activities like aerial photography and terrestrial sampling. New territories are added annually to reflect work progress.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial distribution and annual expansion of ecological planning units to track inventory progress
• Integrate the forest region and ecological region concepts for regional ecological stratification studies
• Use the territorial base layer for planning future aerial photography and terrestrial sampling plot activities

Strengths

• Data is updated annually with new territories added to reflect ongoing inventory work
• Integrates both administrative (forest region) and ecological (ecological region) concepts for stratification
• Serves as the foundational layer for a multi-faceted inventory process including mapping and sampling

Limitations

• No quantitative details on spatial extent, row count, or sample size are provided
• Specific column names and data attributes for the vector layers are unknown
• Relies on automated translation for metadata, which may introduce interpretation errors

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec

Collection Method

Created and integrated as part of the fifth ecoforest inventory process (IEQM), involving aerial photography, mapping, and terrestrial sampling

Time Range

Covers the current (fifth) inventory cycle, with annual updates

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 - 25, with annual additions.

Geography

Southern Quebec