Sagebrush/forest transition zone ⭐ Great Basin montane forests ecoregion 📍 Great Basin National Park, Nevada, United States 🌿 dominant species: Abies concolor, Amelanchier sp., Artemisia arbuscula, Artemisia tridentata, and Populus tremuloides 📷 Magda Garbowski #botany

Evergreen needleleaf ⭐ Eastern Canadian Shield taiga ecoregion 📍 Mirage, Québec, Canada 🌿 dominant species: Picea mariana 📷 Sergio Rossi #plants #landscape #photography #nativeplants #ecoregion #nature #biodiversity #maps #explore #education #botany #canada #pine

Oromediterranean grassland & scrubland ⭐ Iberian conifer forests ecoregion 📍 Near Maliciosa Peak, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain 🌿 dominant species: Cytisus oromediterraneus, Festuca indigesta, Linaria nivea, and Pilosella castellana 📷 Francisco M. Azcárate Francisco M Azcárate

Eucalypt Woodlands ⭐ Coolgardie woodlands ecoregion 📍 Lake Johnston, Western Australia, Australia 🌿 dominant species: Eucalyptus salicola 📷 Suzanne Prober #global #vegetation #landscape #photography #ecoregion #nature #biodiversity #explore #education #botany #australia

Alpine tundra ⭐ Hokkaido montane conifer forests ecoregion 📍 Daisetsuzan, Hokkaido, Japan 🌿 dominant species: Primula cuneifolia and Rhododendron aureum, 📷 Kenny Helsen #global #vegetation #landscape #photography #maps #explore #education #botany #japan #flowers

Oro-Scandian tall-fern birch woods ⭐ Scandinavian Montane Birch forest and grasslands ecoregion 📍 Stussnessfjellet, Skjervøy, Troms, Norway 🌿 dominant species: Athyrium filix-femina, Betula pubescens, Deschampsia cespitosa, and Solidago virgaurea 📷 Natalia Zhekova

Tropical high-montane peat-bog wetland ⭐ Central Andean dry puna ecoregion 📍 Laguna Colorada northern shores, Sud Lípez province, Potosí, Bolivia 🌿 dominant species: Deyeuxia rigescens, Festuca hypsophila, Puccinellia frigida, and Scirpus deserticola 📷 Gonzalo Navarro

Pinyon-juniper woodland ⭐ Great Basin shrub steppe ecoregion 📍 Pine Nut Range, Nevada, United States 🌿 dominant species: Juniperus osteosperma and Pinus monophylla 📷 Trevor Carter #vegetation #landscape #biodiversity #maps #explore #education #botany #nevada #pine

Bog ⭐ Northern Pacific Alaskan coastal forests ecoregion 📍 Douglas Island, Alaska, United States 🌿 dominant species: Pinus contorta subsp. contorta ✏️ Colloquially referred to as a muskeg 📷 Trevor Trevor #landscape #explore #education #botany #alaska #costalforest

Musina Mopane Bushveld ⭐ Zambezian mopane woodlands ecoregion 📍 Musina Local Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa 🌿 dominant species: Adansonia digitata, Colophospermum mopane, Grewia flava, Schmidtia pappophoroides, and Sesamothamnus lugardii 📷 Anisha Dayaram #ecology

Coastal grassland ⭐ Celtic broadleaf forests ecoregion 📍 Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom 🌿 dominant species: Angelica sylvestris, Armeria maritima, Jacobaea vulgaris, Lathyrus pratensis, and Ulex europaeus 📷 Daniel Laughlin #botany #ecology #ireland

emperate deciduous forest ⭐ Allegheny Highlands forests ecoregion 📍 Chittenango Falls, New York, United States 🌿 dominant species: Adiantum pedatum and Quercus alba 📷 Dave Atkins #landscape #photography #ecoregion #beautiful #nature #biodiversity #explore #botany

Campo cerrado ⭐ Cerrado ecoregion 📍 Estação Ecológica de Santa Bárbara, São Paulo, Brazil 🌿 dominant species: Moquiniastrum barrosoae and Moquiniastrum polymorphum 📷 Sam Flake #ecoregion #beautiful #nature #biodiversity #virtual #maps #explore #botany #Brazil #cerrado

Kimberley Thornveld ⭐ Kalahari xeric savanna ecoregion 📍 Pixley ka Seme, Northern Cape, South Africa 🌿 dominant species: Acacia erioloba, Acacia karroo, Eragrostis lehmanniana, and Tarchonanthus camphoratus 📷 Dewald du Plessis #plants #landscape #botany #southafrica

Mediterranean woodland ⭐ Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests ecoregion 📍 Albuera Dehesa, Extremadura, Spain 🌿 dominant species: Quercus ilex 📷 Mirco Migliavacca #global #vegetation #plants #landscape #photo #maps #explore #botany #spain #woodland

Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands ⭐ Gissaro-Alai open woodlands ecoregion 📍 Hoburobot Pass, Tadzhikistan Territories, Tajikistan 🌿 dominant species: Eremurus robustus 📷 Arkadiusz Nowak #ecoregion #beautiful #explore #education #botany #Tajikistan #flowers

Tundra ⭐ Iceland boreal birch forests and alpine tundra ecoregion 📍 Haukadalur, Vesturland, Iceland 🌿 dominant species: Dryas octopetala 📷 Rúna Magnússon #vegetation #plants #landscape #photography #biodiversity #institute #explore #education #botany #Iceland #flower

Chihuahuan Desert ⭐ Chihuahuan desert ecoregion 📍 Kilbourne Hole, Potrillo Mountains, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, United States 🌿 dominant species: Larrea tridentata and Prosopis glandulosa 📷 Marguerite Mauritz #plants #landscape #explore #botany #newmexico #desert

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Montane conifer forest ⭐ Pacific Coastal Mountain icefields and tundra ecoregion 📍 Anchorage, Alaska, United States 🌿 dominant species: Betula glandulosa, Picea glauca, and Populus tremuloides 📷 Nolan Gerdes #vegetation #nativeplants #ecoregion #biodiversity #alaska