Tamaulipan matorral

Tamaulipan matorral

The Tamaulipan matorral is a xeric shrubland ecoregion of northern Mexico.

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The Tamaulipan matorral extends along the eastern slopes of the Sierra Madre Oriental range in northeastern Mexico, extending from central Tamaulipas state across central Nuevo Leon. The ecoregion covers an area of 16,300 square kilometers (6,300 square miles). The humid Veracruz moist forests lie to the southeast, on the Gulf Coastal Plain of southern Tamaulipas and Veracruz states; the Tamaulipan mezquital lies in the Rio Grande lowlands to the east and northeast. The Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests occupy higher elevations of the Sierra Madre Oriental range to the west.

Flora

The ecoregion is predominantly a desert shrubland made up of woody shrubs, small trees, cactus, and succulents.

Montane chaparral is a distinct plant community found above 1700 meters in the Sierra Madre Oriental, composed of oaks ("Quercus" spp.), "Arbutus", Yucca, "Cercocarpus", and "Bauhinia".

Fauna

People

Conservation and threats

References and external links

* [http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/na/na1311_full.html Tamaulipan matorral (World Wildlife Fund)]
* [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/na/na1311.html Tamaulipan matorral (National Geographic)]


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