Ecosystem Directory

344 ecosystems
NameLife FormG-RankAreasHectares
Eastern Cool Temperate Urban Evergreen ForestTree10843
Great Lakes Sub-boreal Pine and Spruce ForestTreeGNR101,653
Intermountain Greasewood FlatShrubGNR101,025
Pacific Northwest Oak WoodlandTreeGNR101,995
Southern Rockies Juniper WoodlandTreeGNR101,656
Great Lakes Northern Pine-Oak ForestTreeGNR9325
Northeastern Subalpine Woodland and Stunted Tree HeathShrubGNR91,101
Northeastern Subalpine Woodland and Stunted Tree HeathTreeGNR92,381
Northern Great Plains Aspen ParklandTreeGNR9528
Pacific Northwest Dry Douglas-fir and Madrone ForestTreeGNR9624
Wyoming Basin Dwarf SagebrushShrubGNR9869
Atlantic Coastal Plain Pocosin and CanebrakeTreeGNR86,990
Californian Ruderal ForestTree81,953
Central Appalachian Dry Oak-Pine ForestTreeGNR8397
Pacific Northwest Landslide ForestTreeGNR8859
Rocky Mountain Poor-Site Lodgepole Pine ForestTreeGNR81,424
Western Cool Temperate Pasture and HaylandHerb82,154
Northeastern Acidic Conifer-Hardwood SwampTreeGNR7692
Ozark-Ouachita Moist Hardwood ForestTreeGNR7656
Southern Rockies Ponderosa Pine SavannaTreeG47626
Appalachian Shale BarrensTreeGNR6621
Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream FloodplainTreeGNR6260
Central Atlantic Coast Wet Longleaf Pine SavannaTreeGNR6154
Glacier and Ice FieldSnow-IceGNR6750
Great Plains Sandhill SteppeShrubG36104
Inter-Mountain Basins Volcanic Rock and Cinder LandSparse62,887
Laurentian-Acadian Wet MeadowHerb6333
Loblolly and Shortleaf Pine-Oak ForestTreeG26756
Allegheny-Cumberland Plateau Dry Oak ForestTreeGNR51,742
California Coastal Redwood ForestTreeGNR5586
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow and MarshHerbG251,009
Northern & Central Plains Ruderal & Planted GrasslandHerb5519
Northern Tallgrass PrairieHerbGNR55,096
Pacific Northwest Lowland Streamside ForestShrubGNR5526
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Pine ForestTreeGNR51,390
Central California Coast Ranges Cliff and CanyonSparse4400
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Wet FlatwoodsTree46,443
Great Lakes Sub-boreal Pine and Spruce ForestTreeGNR4200
Great Lakes Sub-boreal Pine and Spruce ForestTreeGNR4230
Great Plains Prairie Pothole WetlandHerbGNR4703
Gulf Coast Sandy Pine FlatwoodsTreeGNR41,319
Midwestern Sandy Tallgrass PrairieHerbGNR41,557
New England Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir ForestTreeGNR4225
North American Arid West Emergent MarshHerb41,037
North Pacific Maritime Coastal Sand Dune and StrandSparse44,983
Northern Great Plains Streamside HabitatShrubGNR4288
Southeastern Ruderal GrasslandHerb4527
Southern Interior Low Plateau Oak ForestTreeGNR43,429
Western Cool Temperate Urban Evergreen ForestTree4219
Atlantic Coastal Plain Pocosin and CanebrakeShrubGNR31,101