Biome

Temperate Conifer Forests

The Temperate Conifer Forests biome gathers 47 ecoregions in Plotwright's worldwide roster. Temperate forests dominated by evergreen conifers, from coastal rainforests to montane pine and fir stands. Adapted to cool, moist or seasonally dry climates, they include some of the tallest and longest-lived trees on the planet.

Alberta-British Columbia foothills forests Alps conifer and mixed forests Altai montane forest and forest steppe Arizona Mountains forests Atlantic coastal pine barrens Blue Mountains forests British Columbia coastal conifer forests Caledon conifer forests Carpathian montane forests Central British Columbia Mountain forests Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests Central-Southern Cascades Forests Colorado Rockies forests Da Hinggan-Dzhagdy Mountains conifer forests East Afghan montane conifer forests Eastern Cascades forests Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Elburz Range forest steppe Fraser Plateau and Basin conifer forests Great Basin montane forests Helanshan montane conifer forests Hengduan Mountains subalpine conifer forests Hokkaido montane conifer forests Honshu alpine conifer forests Khangai Mountains conifer forests Klamath-Siskiyou forests Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests North Cascades conifer forests Northeast Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Northern Anatolian conifer and deciduous forests Northern California coastal forests Northern Pacific Alaskan coastal forests Northern Rockies conifer forests Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests Okanogan dry forests Piney Woods Puget lowland forests Qilian Mountains conifer forests Qionglai-Minshan conifer forests Queen Charlotte Islands conifer forests Sayan montane conifer forests Scandinavian coastal conifer forests Sierra Nevada forests South Central Rockies forests Tian Shan montane conifer forests Wasatch and Uinta montane forests Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests