Ecosystem Directory

344 ecosystems
NameLife FormG-RankAreasHectares
Apache-Chihuahuan Desert GrasslandHerbGNR4815,349
Central Appalachian Rocky Pine-Oak WoodlandTreeGNR468,028
Northern California Coastal ScrubShrubGNR4619,424
Rocky Mountain Limber and Bristlecone Pine WoodlandTreeGNR467,140
Central Appalachian Rocky Pine-Oak WoodlandTreeGNR453,913
Klamath Mountains Serpentine Conifer ForestTreeG24518,605
Pacific Northwest Alpine Dry GrasslandHerbGNR4421,814
Sky Island High Mountain Conifer-Oak ForestTreeGNR448,866
Columbia Plateau Western Juniper WoodlandTreeGNR4317,903
California Foothill Blue Oak WoodlandTreeGNR4217,468
East Cascades Moist Mountain Conifer ForestTreeGNR4256,141
Mojave Desert ChaparralShrubGNR3912,482
Northern Great Plains Mixed Grass PrairieHerbGNR3994,865
Rocky Mountain Foothill Limber Pine-Juniper WoodlandTreeGNR367,946
Sierra Nevada Alpine ShrublandShrubGNR3616,258
Appalachian Hemlock and Northern Hardwood ForestTreeGNR3516,896
Eastern Cool Temperate Urban Deciduous ForestTree341,537
Northern Rockies Foothill Streamside WoodlandTreeGNR323,126
Appalachian Hemlock and Northern Hardwood ForestTreeGNR3110,279
Great Lakes Alkaline Conifer-Hardwood SwampTreeGNR319,889
Great Lakes Moist Sub-boreal Balsam Fir-Spruce ForestTreeGNR3113,092
Southern California Coast Ranges Cliff and CanyonSparse316,294
Southern Interior Mixed Hardwood ForestTreeGNR3113,422
Central Appalachian Rocky Pine-Oak WoodlandTreeGNR303,035
Intermountain Mountain Mahogany WoodlandShrubGNR305,506
Sierra Nevada and Desert White Pine-White Fir WoodlandTreeGNR3015,272
Southern Vancouverian Lowland Ruderal GrasslandHerb308,659
Northern Great Plains ShrublandShrubGNR2910,420
Pacific Northwest Alpine Bedrock and ScreeSparseGNR2918,539
Sky Island Juniper SavannaTreeGNR293,897
Chihuahuan Desert Mixed ScrubShrubGNR2832,412
Columbia Basin Canyon GrasslandHerbGNR2826,577
Northern Rockies Foothill Pine Wooded SteppeTreeGNR282,266
Pacific Northwest Rainforest Cedar-Hemlock ForestTreeGNR287,010
Pacific Northwest Maritime Subalpine ParklandTreeGNR275,744
Rocky Mountain Subalpine Streamside ShrublandShrubGNR274,732
California Ruderal ScrubShrub267,579
Pacific Northwest Lowland Streamside ForestTreeGNR264,685
Pacific Northwest Mountain GrasslandHerbGNR268,106
Southern Appalachian Low-Elevation Pine ForestTreeGNR262,774
Temperate Pacific Subalpine-Montane Wet MeadowHerb262,093
Boreal-Laurentian Conifer Acidic Swamp and Treed Poor FenTree257,683
Columbia Plateau Lava Rock ShrublandShrubGNR254,861
North American Warm Desert Ruderal & Planted ScrubShrub254,960
Northwestern Great Plains Riparian HerbaceousHerb252,708
Appalachian Hemlock and Northern Hardwood ForestTreeGNR246,331
California Coastal Live Oak WoodlandTreeGNR244,555
Great Lakes Aspen-Birch ForestTreeGNR244,761
Southeastern North American Temperate Forest PlantationTree243,855
Ozark-Ouachita Oak ForestTreeGNR2334,298