Ecosystem Directory

344 ecosystems
NameLife FormG-RankAreasHectares
Klamath Mountains Dry Serpentine SavannaShrubGNR2222,458
Northeastern Mountain Spruce-Fir ForestTreeGNR2255,717
Northeastern North American Temperate Forest PlantationTree221,529
Western Great Plains BadlandsSparse2211,581
Saguaro Cactus and Palo Verde DesertShrubGNR2127,774
Appalachian Spruce-Fir ForestTreeGNR1912,401
Great Plains Wooded Draw and RavineTreeGNR1912,192
Klamath-Siskiyou Cliff and OutcropSparse192,874
Northeastern Calcareous Oak ForestTreeGNR191,332
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak ForestTreeGNR197,352
Southern Vancouverian Lowland Ruderal ShrublandShrub192,668
New England Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir ForestTreeGNR181,902
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak ForestTreeGNR183,716
Inter-Mountain Basins Shale BadlandSparse173,589
North Pacific Active Volcanic Rock and Cinder LandSparse178,000
Northern Great Plains Streamside HabitatTreeGNR171,330
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak WoodlandTreeGNR173,510
Southeastern Native Ruderal ForestTree171,739
Warm Desert Mountain Streamside WoodlandTreeGNR172,081
Black Hills Ponderosa Pine Woodland and SavannaTreeGNR1615,617
California Foothill Black Oak and Conifer ForestTreeGNR161,606
Mojave Creosote DesertShrubGNR166,087
Western Great Plains Shortgrass PrairieHerbG3162,562
California Foothill Blue Oak WoodlandTreeGNR152,523
California Valley and Coastal GrasslandHerbGNR151,568
Great Lakes Jack Pine-Red Pine ForestTreeGNR15777
Great Lakes Pine-Hemlock-Hardwood ForestTreeGNR151,190
Interior Western North American Temperate Ruderal ShrublandShrub152,090
Northern Rockies Western Larch SavannaTreeGNR152,711
Colorado Plateau Low Sagebrush ShrublandShrubGNR142,566
Great Lakes Pine-Hemlock-Hardwood ForestTreeGNR14609
Pacific Northwest Alpine Shrubland and MeadowShrubGNR144,571
Pacific Northwest Avalanche Chute ShrublandShrubGNR141,335
Pacific Northwest Sitka Spruce ForestTreeGNR143,098
Upper Sonoran Desert ScrubShrubGNR142,623
New England Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir ForestTreeGNR131,506
North American Warm Desert Ruderal & Planted GrasslandHerb132,231
Pacific Northwest Wooded Lava FlowTreeGNR1310,067
Appalachian Hemlock and Northern Hardwood ForestTreeGNR121,588
Northern Rockies Avalanche Chute ShrublandShrubGNR124,642
Pacific Northwest Lowland Mixed Hardwood-Conifer ForestTreeGNR121,126
Rocky Mountain Alpine Rocky TerrainHerbGNR122,066
Western Great Plains Cliff and OutcropSparse122,105
California Foothill Black Oak and Conifer ForestTreeGNR11986
Colorado Plateau Pinyon-Juniper ShrublandShrubGNR113,621
Great Lakes Northern Pine-Oak ForestTreeGNR11470
Intermountain Saltbush FlatsShrubGNR111,764
Northern & Central Ruderal MeadowHerb118,016
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak ForestTreeGNR11742
California Foothill Streamside WoodlandShrubGNR101,177