- Source: List of ecoregions in France
The following is a list of ecoregions in France as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Metropolitan France
The ecoregions of Metropolitan France are as follows:
= Terrestrial ecoregions
=Terrestrial ecoregions of Metropolitan France are listed by biome. All them are in the Palearctic realm.
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Atlantic mixed forests
Cantabrian mixed forests
Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests
Western European broadleaf forests
Temperate coniferous forests
Alps conifer and mixed forests
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Corsican montane broadleaf and mixed forests (Corsica)
Northeastern Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests
Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests
Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests (Corsica)
= Freshwater ecoregions
=Cantabric Coast - Languedoc
Central & Western Europe
Italian Peninsula & Islands (Corsica)
= Marine ecoregions
=Marine ecoregions of France are listed by marine province. All of them are in the Temperate Northern Atlantic realm.
Northern European Seas province
Celtic Seas
North Sea
Lusitanian province
South European Atlantic Shelf
Mediterranean Sea province
Western Mediterranean
Overseas France
This is a list of all terrestrial ecoregions of France's overseas departments and territories.
= Nearctic realm
=Boreal forests/taiga
South Avalon-Burin oceanic barrens (Saint Pierre and Miquelon)
= Neotropical realm
=Deserts and xeric shrublands
Leeward Islands xeric scrub (Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Saint Barthelemy)
Windward Islands xeric scrub (Martinique)
Mangroves
Guianan mangroves (French Guiana)
Lesser Antilles mangroves (Guadeloupe, Martinique)
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
Lesser Antillean dry forests (Martinique)
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Guianan moist forests (French Guiana)
Leeward Islands moist forests (Guadeloupe)
Windward Islands moist forests (Martinique)
= Afrotropical realm
=Deserts and xeric shrublands
Ile Europa and Bassas da India xeric scrub (Bassas da India, Europa Island)
Temperate grasslands and shrublands
Amsterdam and Saint-Paul Islands temperate grasslands (Île Amsterdam, Île Saint-Paul)
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Comoros forests (Mayotte)
Mascarene forests (Réunion)
= Australasian realm
=Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
New Caledonia rain forests (New Caledonia)
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
New Caledonia dry forests (New Caledonia)
= Oceanian realm
=Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Fiji tropical moist forests (Wallis and Futuna)
Marquesas tropical moist forests (French Polynesia)
Society Islands tropical moist forests (French Polynesia)
Tuamotu tropical moist forests (French Polynesia)
Tubuai tropical moist forests (French Polynesia)
= Antarctic realm
=Southern Indian Ocean Islands tundra (Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands)
References
Abell, R., M. Thieme, C. Revenga, M. Bryer, M. Kottelat, N. Bogutskaya, B. Coad, N. Mandrak, S. Contreras-Balderas, W. Bussing, M. L. J. Stiassny, P. Skelton, G. R. Allen, P. Unmack, A. Naseka, R. Ng, N. Sindorf, J. Robertson, E. Armijo, J. Higgins, T. J. Heibel, E. Wikramanayake, D. Olson, H. L. Lopez, R. E. d. Reis, J. G. Lundberg, M. H. Sabaj Perez, and P. Petry. (2008). Freshwater ecoregions of the world: A new map of biogeographic units for freshwater biodiversity conservation. BioScience 58:403-414, [1].
Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573–583.
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