 The prevalence in the canopy of red pine ("Pinus resinosa") and red spruce ("Picea rubens") distinguish the transition forests of New England from those in the Great Lakes region to the west.The vegetation of the New England and Maritime Appalachian Highlands is similar throughout the Nova Scotia highlands including the Cobequid Hills and the Pictou-Antigonish Highlands on the mainland and the Cape Breton Highlands, the Chaleur Uplands of New Brunswick, the New England Uplands, the White Mountains and Mont Mégantic on the New Hampshire/Quebec border, the Green Mountains of Vermont and their southern extension the Sutton Mountains, and the Taconic Mountains.Some of western Vermont is in the Adirondack province, but generally exhibits similar vegetation.