Source: Natureserve, US GAP, Landfire Mapping Approach: Inductive Modeling

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Actual Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Gulf Coast Region Source: NatureServe, US GAP, LandFire Mapping Approach: Inductive Modeling

30°N

Scale - 1:1,000,000 0 50 100 200 Miles 0 50 100 200 Kilometers

Terrestrial Ecosystems Non-Specific Disturbed East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Southern Coastal Plain Blackland Prairie and Woodland West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Central Florida Wet Prairie and Herbaceous Seep Open Water East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Wetland Florida Big Bend Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Developed Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Florida Big Bend Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Quarries/Strip Mines/Gravel Pits Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall South Florida Mangrove Swamp Agriculture - Pasture/Hay West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Southern Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Agriculture - Cultivated Crops and Irrigated Agriculture East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Tamaulipan Savanna Grassland East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp & Wet Hardwood Forest Upper Texas Coast Beach Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill South Texas Lomas Tamaulipan Floodplain West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Louisiana Beach Southern Coastal Plain Mesic Slope Forest Tamaulipan Clay Grassland Tamaulipan Arroyo Shrubland Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Southeast Florida Beach East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland South Texas Sand Sheet Grassland Mississippi River Riparian Forest South Florida Bayhead Swamp South Florida Shell Hash Beach South Florida Pine Rockland South Texas Dune and Coastal Grassland Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Florida Panhandle Beach Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock Successional Shrub/Scrub Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Red River Large Floodplain Forest Southwest Florida Beach West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest Texas Coastal Bend Beach East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest Introduced Wetland Vegetation - Treed West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Southern Appalachian Oak Forest West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak & Shortleaf Pine Forest & Woodland Clearcut - Grassland/Herbaceous West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Successional Shrub/Scrub (Clear Cut) East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Slope Forest Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Recently Burned Forbland South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Southern Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Managed Tree Plantation South Florida Wet Marl Prairie West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Texas Saline Coastal Prairie North-Central Interior Rich Swamp South Florida Hardwood Hammock Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub South Florida Pine Flatwoods Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seep and Bog Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub South Florida Cypress Dome Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems South Florida Slough, Gator Hole, and Willow Head

Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Southern Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Pine Savanna & Flatwoods Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Marshes Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh 25°N Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna & Flatwoods Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Great Lakes Wet-Mesic Lakeplain Prairie Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin and Canebrake Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh

25°N West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier/Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest & Woodland Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Southeastern Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Florida Dry Prairie East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator, Datum NAD83

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