Sinaloan dry forests
The Sinaloan dry forests is a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion in western Mexico. It lies in the coastal plain and foothills between the Pacific Ocean and the pine-oak forests of the Sierra Madre Occidental, covering most of Sinaloa and Nayarit states and extending into portions of adjacent Sonora, Chihuahua, and Jalisco states.
| Sinaloan dry forests | |
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 The map of Sinaloan dry forests ecoregion | |
| Ecology | |
| Realm | Neotropical |
| Biome | tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests |
| Borders | |
| Geography | |
| Area | 77,201 km2 (29,807 sq mi) |
| Country | Mexico |
| States | Sinaloa, Nayarit, Chihuahua, Jalisco, and Sonora |
| Conservation | |
| Conservation status | Critical/endangered |
| Global 200 | Mexican dry forests |
| Protected | 7,815 km² (10%)[1] |
The characteristic vegetation is thorn forest with acacias and cacti. The forests are dry in the dry season which is in October to June, and green in the summer wet season.
The forest covers an area of approximately 29,900 sq mi (77,000 km2)[2]
Flora
The forests has Acacia, barrel cacti such as the southwestern barrel cactus, and prickly pear cacti.
See also
External links
- "Sinaloan dry forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
References
- Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b.
- "Sinaloan dry forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
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