List of ecoregions in California

This is a list of ecoregions in California.

Terrestrial ecoregions California is in the Nearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome:

Temperate coniferous forests 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 California Central Valley grasslands

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub California coastal sage and chaparral California interior chaparral and woodlands California montane chaparral and woodlands

Deserts and xeric shrublands Great Basin shrub steppe Mojave Desert Snake–Columbia shrub steppe Sonoran Desert

Freshwater ecoregions ColoradoAbell, 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, . Death Valley Lahontan Oregon Lakes Oregon & Northern California Coastal Southern California Coastal–Baja California Sacramento–San Joaquin

Marine ecoregions Northern CaliforniaSpalding, 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. Southern California Bight

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