Ecosystem Directory

344 ecosystems
NameLife FormG-RankAreasHectares
California Subalpine WoodlandTreeGNR11428,796
California Foothill Black Oak and Conifer ForestTreeGNR11240,951
California Foothill Mixed Oak WoodlandTreeGNR11240,483
Pacific Northwest Dry Douglas-fir ForestTreeGNR11189,361
Pacific Northwest Mountain Hemlock ForestTreeGNR11178,626
California Mixed Evergreen ForestTreeGNR110156,798
Sierra Nevada Lodgepole Pine ForestTreeGNR10833,454
Pacific Northwest Mountain ShrublandShrubGNR10543,335
Open WaterWater10415,241
Colorado Plateau Mixed Bedrock Canyon and TablelandSparse10231,932
Chestnut Oak and Hickory ForestTreeG410161,974
Great Basin Semi-Desert ChaparralShrubGNR10121,840
Sky Island Pinyon-Juniper WoodlandTreeGNR101246,312
Sierra Nevada Jeffrey Pine ForestTreeGNR10013,776
Arizona Plateau ChaparralShrubGNR98105,152
Great Basin & Intermountain Ruderal ShrublandShrub9816,436
Rocky Mountain Alpine Bedrock and ScreeSparse9896,141
Northern California Subalpine WoodlandTreeGNR9638,411
California Moist Serpentine Woodland and ChaparralShrubGNR9438,751
Northern & Central Native Ruderal ForestTree938,235
Pacific Northwest Mountain Cliff and TalusSparseGNR9026,445
California Ruderal Grassland and MeadowHerb8924,193
Intermountain Salt Desert ScrubShrubGNR8516,756
Great Basin & Intermountain Introduced Annual GrasslandHerb789,752
Rocky Mountain Bigtooth Maple CanyonTreeGNR7540,422
California ChaparralShrubGNR72162,649
Pacific Northwest Moist Douglas-fir ForestTreeGNR7222,774
Sky Island Oak WoodlandTreeGNR7052,570
Central and Southern California Mixed Evergreen WoodlandTreeGNR6837,231
Northeastern Dry Oak ForestTreeGNR6871,796
Rocky Mountain Alpine Dwarf-ShrublandShrubGNR6827,763
Sky Island Pine-Oak ForestTreeGNR6741,914
Southern California Oak Woodland and SavannaTreeGNR6425,048
Mojave Desert Mixed ScrubShrubGNR6253,445
Apache-Chihuahuan Desert GrasslandShrubGNR6165,987
Pacific Northwest Mountain Streamside ForestTreeGNR615,474
Great Basin & Intermountain Introduced Perennial Grassland and ForblandHerb605,441
Columbia Plateau Low Sagebrush SteppeShrubGNR5925,105
Interior Western North American Temperate Ruderal GrasslandHerb5815,919
Inter-Mountain Basins Cliff and CanyonSparse5713,746
Mediterranean California Foothill and Lower Montane Riparian WoodlandTree554,396
Southern Appalachian Ridgetop Pine ForestTreeGNR555,120
Central Appalachian Dry Oak-Pine ForestTreeGNR5314,732
Mediterranean California Alpine Bedrock and ScreeSparse5327,490
Great Lakes Northern Hardwood ForestTreeGNR5155,611
North American Warm Desert Bedrock Cliff and OutcropSparse5128,442
Central Appalachian Dry Oak-Pine ForestTreeGNR5012,322
Rocky Mountain Alpine MeadowHerbGNR5015,138
Rocky Mountain Alpine-Montane Wet MeadowHerb5012,678
Southern Rockies Pinyon-Juniper WoodlandTreeGNR4926,144