List of ecoregions in California
This is a list of ecoregions in California.
Terrestrial ecoregions[edit]
California is in the Nearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome:[1]
Temperate coniferous forests[edit]
- Eastern Cascades forests (Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills)
- Great Basin montane forests
- Klamath–Siskiyou forests (Klamath Mountains)
- Northern California coastal forests
- Sierra Nevada forests
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands[edit]
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub[edit]
- California coastal sage and chaparral
- California interior chaparral and woodlands
- California montane chaparral and woodlands
Deserts and xeric shrublands[edit]
Freshwater ecoregions[edit]
- Colorado[2]
- Death Valley
- Lahontan
- Oregon Lakes
- Oregon & Northern California Coastal
- Southern California Coastal–Baja California
- Sacramento–San Joaquin
Marine ecoregions[edit]
- Northern California[3]
- Southern California Bight
References[edit]
- ^ Olson, D. M, E. Dinerstein; et al. (2001). "Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth". BioScience. 51 (11): 933–938. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Abell, R., M. Thieme, C. Revenga, M. Bryer, M. Kottelat, N. Bogutskaya, B. Coad, N. Mandrak, S. Contreras-Balderas, W. Bussing, M. L. J. Stiassny, P. Skelton, G. R. Allen, P. Unmack, A. Naseka, R. Ng, N. Sindorf, J. Robertson, E. Armijo, J. Higgins, T. J. Heibel, E. Wikramanayake, D. Olson, H. L. Lopez, R. E. d. Reis, J. G. Lundberg, M. H. Sabaj Perez, and P. Petry. (2008). Freshwater ecoregions of the world: A new map of biogeographic units for freshwater biodiversity conservation. BioScience 58:403-414, [1].
- ^ Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573-583.