Ecoregions

48 WWF terrestrial ecoregions

Biodiversity Heatmap

Species count by biogeographic realm and taxonomic class

Realm Acidimicrobiia Acidobacteriae Aconoidasida Actinomycetia Actinopterygii Aenigmatarchaeia Agaricomycetes Alphaproteobacteria
Afrotropic 1 1
Australasia 1
Indomalaya 1 1
Nearctic
Neotropic 1
Oceania 1
Palearctic 1 1
Antarctic
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Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands (48)

Eastern Australia mulga shrublands

AA0802
Australasia 251883 km²

Southeast Australia temperate savanna

AA0803
Australasia 277896 km²

Canterbury-Otago tussock grasslands

AA08190
Australasia 53594 km²

Tristan Da Cunha-Gough Islands shrub and grasslands

AT0803
Afrotropic 167 km²

Amsterdam-Saint Paul Islands temperate grasslands

AT08067
Afrotropic 69 km²

California Central Valley grasslands

NA0801
Nearctic 46490 km²

Canadian Aspen forests and parklands

NA0802
Nearctic 327663 km²

Edwards Plateau savanna

NA0806
Nearctic 74964 km²

Montana Valley and Foothill grasslands

NA0808
Nearctic 100079 km²

Nebraska Sand Hills mixed grasslands

NA0809
Nearctic 59123 km²

Texas blackland prairies

NA0814
Nearctic 43382 km²

Central US forest-grasslands transition

NA08387
Nearctic 228324 km²

Central Tallgrass prairie

NA08388
Nearctic 342467 km²

Central-Southern US mixed grasslands

NA08389
Nearctic 274963 km²

Cross-Timbers savanna-woodland

NA08390
Nearctic 88188 km²

Flint Hills tallgrass prairie

NA08392
Nearctic 27932 km²

Mid-Atlantic US coastal savannas

NA08393
Nearctic 78476 km²

Northern Shortgrass prairie

NA08396
Nearctic 719348 km²

Northern Tallgrass prairie

NA08397
Nearctic 82919 km²

Palouse prairie

NA08398
Nearctic 83923 km²

Southeast US conifer savannas

NA08399
Nearctic 521305 km²

Southeast US mixed woodlands and savannas

NA08400
Nearctic 28 km²

Western shortgrass prairie

NA08402
Nearctic 487149 km²

Willamette Valley oak savanna

NA08403
Nearctic 14885 km²

Humid Pampas

NT0803
Neotropic 398559 km²

Patagonian steppe

NT0805
Neotropic 576598 km²

Espinal

NT08575
Neotropic 298733 km²

Low Monte

NT08577
Neotropic 353637 km²

Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe

PA0801
Palearctic 127683 km²

Altai steppe and semi-desert

PA0802
Palearctic 83192 km²

Central Anatolian steppe

PA0803
Palearctic 24934 km²

Daurian forest steppe

PA0804
Palearctic 209635 km²

Eastern Anatolian montane steppe

PA0805
Palearctic 168382 km²

Emin Valley steppe

PA0806
Palearctic 65135 km²

Faroe Islands boreal grasslands

PA0807
Palearctic 1457 km²

Gissaro-Alai open woodlands

PA0808
Palearctic 168202 km²

Kazakh forest steppe

PA0809
Palearctic 422319 km²

Kazakh steppe

PA0810
Palearctic 807558 km²

Mongolian-Manchurian grassland

PA0813
Palearctic 889460 km²

Pontic steppe

PA0814
Palearctic 997074 km²

Sayan Intermontane steppe

PA0815
Palearctic 34059 km²

Selenge-Orkhon forest steppe

PA0816
Palearctic 228369 km²

South Siberian forest steppe

PA0817
Palearctic 162599 km²

Tian Shan foothill arid steppe

PA0818
Palearctic 129231 km²

Al-Hajar foothill xeric woodlands and shrublands

PA08722
Palearctic 46377 km²

Al-Hajar montane woodlands and shrublands

PA08723
Palearctic 2140 km²

Kazakh upland steppe

PA08733
Palearctic 72199 km²

Syrian xeric grasslands and shrublands

PA08739
Palearctic 137938 km²