Montane Grasslands and Shrublands - Montane Grassland and Shrubland Ecoregions

Montane Grassland and Shrubland Ecoregions

Afrotropic Montane grasslands and shrublands
Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic	Angola
Angolan Scarp savanna and woodlands	Angola
Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands	Lesotho, South Africa
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests	Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland
East African montane moorlands	Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic	Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands	Ethiopia, Sudan
Ethiopian montane moorlands	Ethiopia, Sudan
Highveld grasslands	Lesotho, South Africa
Jos Plateau forest-grassland mosaic	Nigeria
Madagascar ericoid thickets	Madagascar
Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets	Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland
Ruwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda
South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic	Malawi, Mozambique
Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic	Malawi, Tanzania

Australasia Montane grasslands and shrublands
Australian Alps montane grasslands	Australia
Central Range sub-alpine grasslands	Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Southland montane grasslands	New Zealand

Indomalaya Montane grasslands and shrublands
Kinabalu montane alpine meadows	Malaysia

Neotropic Montane grasslands and shrublands
Central Andean dry puna	Argentina, Bolivia, Chile
Central Andean puna	Argentina, Bolivia, Peru
Central Andean wet puna	Bolivia, Peru
Cordillera Central páramo	Ecuador, Peru
Cordillera de Merida páramo	Venezuela
Northern Andean páramo	Colombia, Ecuador
Santa Marta páramo	Colombia
Talamanca Paramo	Costa Rica, Panama
Southern Andean steppe	Argentina, Chile
Zacatonal	Mexico, Guatemala

Palearctic Montane grasslands and shrublands
Altai alpine meadow and tundra	China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia
Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe	China
Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows	Bhutan, Burma, China, India, Nepal
Ghorat-Hazarajat alpine meadow	Afghanistan
Hindu Kush alpine meadow	Afghanistan, Pakistan
Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe	Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan
Khangai Mountains alpine meadow	Mongolia
Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe	Iran, Turkmenistan
Kuhrud-Kohbanan Mountains forest steppe	Iran
Mediterranean High Atlas juniper steppe	Morocco
North Tibetan Plateau-Kunlun Mountains alpine desert	China
Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows	China, India, Pakistan
Ordos Plateau steppe	China
Pamir alpine desert and tundra	Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Qilian Mountains subalpine meadows	China
Sayan Alpine meadows and tundra	Mongolia, Russia
Southeast Tibet shrub and meadows	China
Sulaiman Range alpine meadows	Afghanistan, Pakistan
Tian Shan montane steppe and meadows	China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
Tibetan Plateau alpine shrub and meadows	China
Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows	India, Nepal
Yarlung Zambo arid steppe	China

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