Ecoregions With High Endemism
According to the World Wildlife Fund, the following ecoregions have the highest percentage of endemic plants:
- Fynbos (South Africa)
- Hawaiian tropical dry forests (United States)
- Hawaiian tropical rainforests (United States)
- Kwongan heathlands (Australia)
- Madagascar dry deciduous forests (Madagascar)
- Madagascar lowland forests (Madagascar)
- New Caledonia dry forests (New Caledonia)
- New Caledonia rain forests (New Caledonia)
- Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests (Mexico)
- Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests (Mexico)
- Luzon montane rainforests (Philippines)
- Luzon rainforests (Philippines)
- Luzon tropical pine forests (Philippines)
- Mindanao montane rain forests (Philippines)
- Mindanao-Eastern Visayas rain forests (Philippines)
- Palawan rain forests (Philippines)
Read more about this topic: Endemism In Birds
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