List of ecoregions in Mexico

This is a list of ecoregions of Mexico as defined by the World Wildlife Fund. A different system of ecoregional analysis is used by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, a trilateral body linking Mexican, Canadian and United States environmental regimes.

Contents 1 Terrestrial ecoregions 1.1 Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests 1.2 Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests 1.3 Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests 1.4 Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands 1.5 Flooded grasslands and savannas 1.6 Montane grasslands and shrublands 1.7 Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub 1.8 Deserts and xeric shrublands 1.9 Mangroves 2 Freshwater ecoregions 2.1 Baja California Complex 2.2 Colorado River Complex 2.3 Sinaloan Coastal Complex 2.4 Rio Bravo Complex 2.5 Lerma/Santiago Complex 2.6 Rio Panuco Complex 2.7 Balsas Complex 2.8 Pacific Central Complex 2.9 Atlantic Central Complex 3 References

Terrestrial ecoregions

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Chiapas moist forests
• Chimalpas montane forests
• Pantanos de Centla
• Petén-Veracruz moist forests
• Sierra Madre de Chiapas moist forests
• Sierra de los Tuxtlas
• Veracruz moist forests
• Veracruz montane forests
• Yucatán moist forests

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

• Bajío dry forests
• Balsas dry forests
• Central American dry forests
• Chiapas depression dry forests
• Jalisco dry forests
• Revillagigedo Islands dry forests
• Sierra de la Laguna dry forests
• Sinaloan dry forests
• Sonoran-Sinaloan transition subtropical dry forest
• Southern Pacific dry forests
• Veracruz dry forests

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

• Central American pine-oak forests
• Sierra Juárez and San Pedro Mártir pine-oak forests
• Sierra de la Laguna pine-oak forests
• Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests
• Sierra Madre Occidental pine-oak forests
• Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests
• Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests
• Trans-Mexican volcanic belt pine-oak forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• Western Gulf coastal grasslands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

• Central Mexican wetlands

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• Zacatonal

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

• California chaparral and woodlands

Deserts and xeric shrublands

• Chihuahuan desert
• San Lucan xeric scrub
• Sonoran desert
• Baja California desert
• Meseta Central matorral
• Central Mexican matorral
• Gulf of California xeric shrub
• Tamaulipan matorral
• Tamaulipan mezquital
• Tehuacan Valley matorral

Mangroves

• Alvarado mangroves
• Marismas Nacionales-San Blas mangroves
• Mayan Corridor mangroves
• Mexican South Pacific Coast mangroves
• Petenes mangroves
• Ría Lagartos mangroves
• Tehuantepec-El Manchon mangroves
• Usumacinta mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

Baja California Complex

• Baja California

Colorado River Complex

• Colorado Delta
• Sonoran

Sinaloan Coastal Complex

• Sinaloan Coastal

Rio Bravo Complex

• Rio Bravo
• Pecos
• Guzman
• Mapimí
• Cuatro Ciénegas
• Llanos El Salado
• Conchos
• Lower Rio Bravo
• Rio San Juan
• Rio Salado

Lerma/Santiago Complex

• Santiago
• Chapala
• Lerma
• Rio Verde Headwaters
• Manantlan/Ameca

Rio Panuco Complex

• Rio Panuco

Balsas Complex

• Balsas

Pacific Central Complex

• Tehuantepec

Atlantic Central Complex

• Southern Veracruz
• Belizean Lowlands
• Catemaco
• Coatzacoalcos
• Grijalva-Usumacinta
• Yucatán

References

• Olson, D., Dinerstein, E., Canevari, P., Davidson, I., Castro, G., Morisset, V., Abell, R., and Toledo, E.; eds. (1998). Freshwater biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean: A conservation assessment. Biodiversity Support Program, Washington DC.
• Ricketts, Taylor H; Eric Dinerstein; David M. Olson; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (1999). Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: a Conservation Assessment. Island Press; Washington, DC.