Nearctic Ecozone - Nearctic Terrestrial Ecoregions

Nearctic Terrestrial Ecoregions

Nearctic Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
Sonoran-Sinaloan transition subtropical dry forest Mexico
Nearctic Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests
Bermuda subtropical conifer forests Bermuda
Sierra Madre Occidental pine-oak forests Mexico, United States
Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests Mexico, United States
Nearctic Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Allegheny Highlands forests United States
Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests United States
Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests United States
California mixed evergreen forest United States
Central U.S. hardwood forests United States
East Central Texas forests United States
Eastern forest-boreal transition Canada, United States
Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests Canada, United States
Gulf of St. Lawrence lowland forests Canada
Lac Saint-Jean and Saguenay valley forests Canada
Mississippi lowland forests United States
New England-Acadian forests Canada, United States
Northeastern coastal forests United States
Ozark Mountain forests United States
Southeastern mixed forests United States
Southern Great Lakes forests United States
Upper Midwest forest-savanna transition United States
Western Great Lakes forests Canada, United States
Willamette Valley forests United States
Nearctic Temperate coniferous forests
Alberta Mountain forests Canada
Alberta-British Columbia foothills forests Canada
Arizona Mountains forests United States
Atlantic coastal pine barrens United States
Blue Mountains forests United States
British Columbia mainland coastal forests Canada, United States
Cascade Mountains leeward forests Canada, United States
Central and Southern Cascades forests United States
Central British Columbia Mountain forests Canada
Central Mexican Volcanoes forests Mexico
Central Pacific coastal forests Canada, United States
Colorado Rockies forests United States
Eastern Cascades forests Canada, United States
Fraser Plateau and Basin complex Canada
Great Basin montane forests United States
Klamath-Siskiyou forests United States
Maritime Coast Range Ponderosa Pine forests United States
Middle Atlantic coastal forests United States
North Central Rockies forests Canada, United States
Northern California coastal forests United States
Northern Pacific coastal forests Canada, United States
Northern transitional alpine forests Canada
Okanogan dry forests Canada, United States
Piney Woods forests United States
Puget lowland forests Canada, United States
Queen Charlotte Islands Canada
Sierra Juarez and San Pedro Martir pine-oak forests Mexico
Sierra Nevada forests United States
South Central Rockies forests United States
Southeastern conifer forests United States
Wasatch and Uinta montane forests United States
Nearctic Boreal forests/taiga
Alaska Peninsula montane taiga United States
Central Canadian Shield forests Canada, United States
Cook Inlet taiga United States
Copper Plateau taiga United States
Eastern Canadian forests Canada
Eastern Canadian Shield taiga Canada
Interior Alaska-Yukon lowland taiga Canada, United States
Mid-Continental Canadian forests Canada
Midwestern Canadian Shield forests Canada, United States
Muskwa-Slave Lake forests Canada
Newfoundland Highland forests Canada
Northern Canadian Shield taiga Canada
Northern Cordillera forests Canada
Northwest Territories taiga Canada
South Avalon-Burin oceanic barrens Canada
Northern Lake Superior Taiga United States, Canada
Southern Hudson Bay taiga Canada
Yukon Interior dry forests Canada
Nearctic Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Pre-Columbian savannas of North America (greatly declined) Canada, United States
Eastern savannas of the United States (greatly declined) United States
Central Hardwood Region United States
Western Gulf coastal grasslands Mexico, United States
Nearctic Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
California Central Valley grasslands United States
Canadian aspen forests and parklands Canada, United States
Central and Southern mixed grasslands United States
Central forest-grasslands transition United States
Central tall grasslands United States
Columbia Plateau United States
Edwards Plateau savanna United States
Flint Hills tall grasslands United States
Montana valley and foothill grasslands United States
Nebraska Sand Hills mixed grasslands United States
Northern mixed grasslands Canada, United States
Northern short grasslands Canada, United States
Northern tall grasslands Canada, United States
Palouse grasslands United States
Texas blackland prairies United States
Western short grasslands United States
Nearctic Tundra
Alaska-St. Elias Range tundra Canada, United States
Aleutian Islands tundra United States
Arctic coastal tundra Canada, United States
Arctic foothills tundra Canada, United States
Baffin coastal tundra Canada
Beringia lowland tundra United States
Beringia upland tundra United States
Brooks-British Range tundra Canada, United States
Davis Highlands tundra Canada
High Arctic tundra Canada
Interior Yukon-Alaska alpine tundra Canada, United States
Kalaallit Nunaat high arctic tundra Greenland
Kalaallit Nunaat low arctic tundra Greenland
Low Arctic tundra Canada
Middle Arctic tundra Canada
Ogilvie-MacKenzie alpine tundra Canada, United States
Pacific Coastal Mountain icefields and tundra Canada, United States
Torngat Mountain tundra Canada
Nearctic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
California coastal sage and chaparral Mexico, United States
California interior chaparral and woodlands United States
California montane chaparral and woodlands United States
Nearctic Deserts and xeric shrublands
Baja California desert Mexico
Central Mexican matorral Mexico
Chihuahuan desert Mexico, United States
Colorado Plateau shrublands United States
Great Basin shrub steppe United States
Gulf of California xeric scrub Mexico
Meseta Central matorral Mexico
Mojave desert United States
Okanagan (South) shrub steppe Canada
Snake-Columbia shrub steppe United States
Sonoran desert Mexico, United States
Tamaulipan matorral Mexico
Tamaulipan mezquital Mexico
Wyoming Basin shrub steppe United States
Biomes and ecozones
Terrestrial
biomes
Polar/montane
  • Tundra
  • Taiga, Boreal forests
  • Montane grasslands and shrublands
Temperate
  • Coniferous forests
  • Broadleaf and mixed forests
  • Grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
(Sub)tropical
  • Coniferous forests
  • Moist broadleaf forests
  • Dry broadleaf forests
  • Grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Dry
  • Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
  • Deserts and xeric shrublands
Wet
  • Flooded grasslands and savannas
  • Riparian
  • Wetland
Aquatic
biomes
  • Pond
  • Littoral
  • Intertidal zone
  • Mangrove forest
  • Kelp forest
  • Coral reef
  • Neritic zone
  • Continental shelf
  • Pelagic zone
  • Benthic zone
  • Hydrothermal vents
  • Cold seeps
Other biomes
  • Endolithic zone
Ecozones
  • Afrotropic
  • Antarctic
  • Australasia
  • Indomalaya
  • Nearctic
  • Neotropic
  • Oceania
  • Palearctic

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