Ecoregions

Biomes may be further subdivided into ecoregions. Ecoregions are large areas of land or water that are characterized by distinctive climates, ecological features, and plant and animal communities. The Middle Atlantic Coastal Forest, shown in yellow in the map to the right, is an example of an ecoregion that is part of the Temperate Coniferous Forest biome and stretches along the Middle Atlantic coast from Maryland to South Carolina.

To learn more about a particular ecoregion, click on an area of the map below. You will see a list of biomes in that area, and under each biome, a list of ecoregions. You may click on any of the ecoregion names to view a description and photos of that ecoregion. This link will take you to the World Wildlife Fund web site, and you must be connected to the Internet to access it.

Ecoregions

Click on a region below to access a list of ecoregions in that region

In the ecoregions GIS data provided by the WWF each ecoregion is assigned a threat category based an how threatened the particular ecoregion is . Below is a list describing what the different threat levels are.

List of threat levels

1 = CRITICAL OR ENDANGERED
2 = VULNERABLE
3 = RELATIVELY STABLE OR INTACT