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Browse Biotic Communities - 39 types


Biotic Community:
Any integrated group of species of microorganisms, plants and animals inhabiting
a given area and physical environment (e.g., geological substrate and climate).



Chaparral - Californian (47) Mohave Desertscrub (40) Sonoran Desertscrub - Vizcaino (258)
Chaparral - Coastal Sage Scrub (2) Riparian - artificial lakes/ponds (7) Thornscrub - Cape (30)
Chaparral - Interior (13) Riparian - coastal wetland (7) Thornscrub - Coastal (10)
Chihuahuan Desertscrub (32) Riparian - desert oasis (58) Thornscrub - Foothill (34)
Coniferous Forest - Madrean Pine-Oak (72) Riparian - temporary ponds (36) Tropical Forest (1)
Coniferous Forest - Rocky Mountain (72) Riparian - typical (rivers) (138) Tropical Forest - Tropical Deciduous (87)
Coniferous Forest - Sierran (11) Riparian - xeroriparian (73) Tropical Forest - Tropical Semideciduous (2)
Deciduous Forest (1) Sonoran Desertscrub (21) Tundra - Alpine (3)
Grassland - Californian Valley (9) Sonoran Desertscrub - Arizona Upland (169) Tundra - Arctic (3)
Grassland - Desert Grassland (77) Sonoran Desertscrub - Central Gulf Coast (66) Woodland - Californian Evergreen (22)
Grassland - Montane Meadow (14) Sonoran Desertscrub - Lower Colorado River Valley (280) Woodland - Cape Pine-Oak (3)
Grassland - Plains (13) Sonoran Desertscrub - Magdalena (18) Woodland - Great Basin Conifer (7)
Great Basin Desertscrub (6) Sonoran Desertscrub - Plains of Sonora (11) Woodland - Madrean Oak (75)