Western Newfoundland Highlands Natural Region Western Newfoundland Highlands Natural Region Spectacular fjords slash inland. The Long Range Mountains from the backbone of this region, sloping gently toward the Atlantic to the east, and dropping precipitously toward the west into the Gulf. In the southern portion of the region, forests of balsam fir, with some black and white spruce, are dominant.
Mountain maples are abundant here, with white birch growing on burned-over sites.
The northern part of the region is a transition from boreal forest to forest-tundra. Great numbers of caribou thrive in this region. Introduced to Newfoundland in 1878 and subsequent in 1904, moose are abundant. Marten and wolves have been extirpated from the region, but marten have been reintroduced in Gros Morne National Park. This region is represented by Gros Morne National Park .