Forest Biomes of North America
A Complete Listing of all Major Forest Biome Communities

The broadest regional classification recognized by botanists and forest scientists is a community called the forest biome. A forest biome is a zone where predictable tree, plant and animal communities exist resulting from the effects of climate, soil, the presence or lack of moisture and other physical variables.

In North America, these plant zones are referred to variously as tundra, boreal, deciduous, desert, prairie, mixed evergreen and deciduous, tropical, montane, temperate and tropical rain forest and Mediterranean scrub.

Data on Each Forest Biome

1. Arctic Tundra
2. Boreal
3. Rocky Mt. Evergreen
4. Pacific Coast Evergreen
5. Northern Mixed
6. Eastern Deciduous
7. Coastal Plain Evergreen
8. Mexican Montane
9. Rain Forest/Selva
10. Prairie
11. Tropical Savanna
12. Cool Desert
13. Hot Desert
14. Mediterranean Scrub

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North American forest Biomes - Courtesy of University of Tennessee
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