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The region is also home to the only two endangered lichen species, rock gnome lichen and Florida perforate reindeer lichen. [10] [11] Piping plover, Charadrius melodus. The piping plover is a bird that has been on the endangered species list since 1985 in the Great Lakes watershed (including: NY, PA, IL, MI, and WI.)
A relict of the last Ice Age, this forest type covers just over 100 square miles (260 km 2) and is considered to be among the most endangered ecosystems in the United States. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Southern spruce–fir stands consist primarily of two needle-leaved evergreen species—the red spruce and the Fraser fir , nicknamed the "he-balsam" and "she ...
A list of endangered plants and lichens, including those on the United States' Endangered Species List. Conifers. Abies guatemalensis (Guatemalan fir)
Examples of the large landscape globally important forests include the Canada boreal forest and the remaining Amazon rainforest.. Examples of forest types which embrace rare or endangered species include the Dry deciduous forests of Madagascar the two Monterey Cypress of central coastal California [3] and the Maritime Coast Range Ponderosa Pine forests of coastal California.
Temperate deciduous forests are characterized by a variety of temperate deciduous tree species that vary based on region. [6] Most tree species present in temperate deciduous forests are broadleaf trees that lose their leaves in the fall, [8] though some coniferous trees such as pines (Pinus) are present in northern temperate deciduous forests. [6]
The California condor is a critically endangered species, with only 350 left “and a significant piece of that population lives in ground zero of where these fires have happened,” Corwin noted.
The Carolinian forest refers to a life zone in eastern North America characterized primarily by the predominance of deciduous (broad-leaf) forest. [1] The term "Carolinian", which is most commonly used in Canada, refers to the deciduous forests which span across much of the eastern United States from North Carolina northward into southern Ontario, Canada.
Chiapas Depression with Low Deciduous and Medium Semi-Deciduous Tropical Forest 14.4.3: Valleys and Depressions with Xeric Shrub and Low Deciduous Forest 14.5: Southern Pacific Coastal Plain and Hills 14.5.1: Tehuantepec Canyon and Plain with Low Tropical Deciduous Forest and Low Thorn Forest 14.5.2