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Nearctic ecoregions

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desert in northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States

thumb|Chaparral in the Santa Ynez Mountains, near Santa Barbara, California Chaparral ( ) is a shrubland plant community found primarily in California, southern Oregon, and northern Baja California, part of the California floristic province. It is shaped by a Mediterranean climate (mild wet winters and hot dry summers) and infrequent, high-intensity crown fires. Many chaparral shrubs have hard sclerophyllous evergreen leaves, as contrasted with the associated soft-leaved, drought-deciduous, scrub community of coastal sage scrub, found often on drier, southern-facing slopes.

vegetation zone

Type of subtropical forest made of trees that have laurel-like leaves (evergreen, broad, lanceolate, shiny)

Baja California Desert

Desert ecoregion of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula

subregion of the Great Plains mostly in the Western United States

The Palouse ( ) is a geographic region of the northwestern United States, encompassing parts of north central Idaho, southeastern Washington (part of eastern Washington), and by some definitions, parts of northeast Oregon. It is a major agricultural area, primarily producing wheat and legumes. Situated about north of the Oregon Trail, the region experienced rapid growth in the late 19th century.

ecoregion (WWF)

Arctic coastal tundra

Tundra ecoregion of Alaska, Northwest Territories, and Yukon

New England/Acadian forests

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregion in Canada and the United States

Temperate transitional vegetation zone in Canada and the United States

Alaska-St. Elias Range tundra

Tundra ecoregion of Alaska, British Columbia, and Yukon

Fraser Plateau and Basin complex

Temperate coniferous forest ecoregion in British Columbia

Sierra Madre Occidental pine–oak forests

subtropical coniferous forest ecoregion of the Sierra Madre Occidental range

Texas Blackland Prairies

ecoregion in Texas, United States

Central Mexican matorral

ecoregion in Mexico

Pacific temperate rain forest

temperate rainforest in the Pacific Northwest

South Avalon-Burin oceanic barrens

Ecoregion (WWF)

Muskwa-Slave Lake Taiga

taiga ecoregion in Alberta, British Columbia, and Northwest Territories

Madrean pine-oak woodlands

Subtropical woodlands in the US

Northern Cordillera forests

Ecoregion (WWF)

Sonoran-Sinaloan transition subtropical dry forest

terrestrial ecoregion in Mexico

California chaparral and woodlands

ecoregion in California, USA, and Baja California, Mexico

Northern California coastal forests

British Columbia Mainland Coastal Forests

temperate coniferous forest ecoregion in British Columbia, Canada and Washington, United States

Eastern Canadian Shield taiga

Taiga ecoregion in Labrador and Quebec

Western Gulf coastal grasslands

ecoregion in North America

Northern Canadian Shield taiga

Boreal coniferous forest ecoregion in central Canada

Mid-Canada Boreal Plains Forests

Boreal coniferous forest ecoregion in central Canada

South Central Rockies forests

ecoregion (WWF)

Northwest Territories taiga

Pacific Coastal Mountain icefields and tundra

ecoregion (WWF)

Eastern Canadian Boreal Forests

Boreal coniferous forest ecoregion in Eastern Canada

Yukon Interior dry forests

Boreal coniferous forest ecoregion in British Columbia and Yukon

Low Arctic tundra

Ecoregion (WWF)

Midwest Canadian Shield forests

Boreal coniferous forest ecoregion in central Canada

Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregion in Canada and the United States

Northern Pacific coastal forests

Temperate coniferous forest ecoregion in Alaska and British Columbia

Central Pacific coastal forests

ecoregion (WWF)

Newfoundland Highland forests

Boreal coniferous forest ecoregion in Newfoundland

North Central Rockies forest

Temperate coniferous forest ecoregion in Canada and the United States

Central Canadian Shield forests

Boreal coniferous forest ecoregion in Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec

Western Great Lakes forests

temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregion in Canada and the United States

Southern Hudson Bay taiga

Boreal coniferous forest ecoregion in Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec

Interior Yukon-Alaska alpine tundra

ecoregion (WWF)

Tamaulipan mezquital

terrestrial ecoregion in Mexico and the United States

Sierra Juárez and San Pedro Mártir pine–oak forests

temperate coniferous forest ecoregion located in the Sierra Juárez and San Pedro Mártir mountains of Baja California, Mexico.

Interior Alaska-Yukon lowland taiga

Lowland taiga ecoregion in Alaska and Yukon

High Arctic tundra

tundra ecoregion of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, Canada

Bermuda subtropical conifer forests

Northern Mesoamerican Pacific Coast Mangroves Ecoregion

mangrove ecoregion in northwestern Mexico

Davis Highlands tundra

Ecoregion (WWF)

Kalaallit Nunaat high arctic tundra

Ecoregion (WWF)

Torngat Mountain tundra

Beringia upland tundra

Montane tundra ecoregion in western Alaska

Cascade Mountains leeward forests

Temperate coniferous forest ecoregion in British Columbia and Washington

Beringia lowland tundra

Lowland tundra ecoregion in western Alaska

Ogilvie-MacKenzie alpine tundra

ecoregion (WWF)

Baffin coastal tundra

Tundra ecoregion of Nunavut

Kalaallit Nunaat Arctic Steppe

Ecoregion (WWF)