Snake–Columbia shrub steppe
| Snake–Columbia shrub steppe | |
|---|---|
 Shrub-steppe of Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Idaho | |
 | |
| Ecology | |
| Realm | Nearctic |
| Biome | Deserts and xeric shrublands |
| Borders | List
|
| Bird species | 207 cold semi-arid (BSk) |
| Conservation | |
| Habitat loss | 19.112%[1] |
| Protected | 58.45%[1] |
The Snake–Columbia shrub steppe is an
Deschutes River Basin, expanding to cover most of southeast Oregon including the Oregon Lakes region. This ecoregion reaches south from Oregon into northern Nevada and the northeast corner of California. It also connects east onto the Snake River Plain, which it follows east from Hells Canyon to the continental divide in eastern Idaho.[2]
Information about this ecoregion is covered by two articles that follow the ecoregion definitions of the United States Environmental Protection Agency:
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Atlas of Global Conservation". The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
- ^ a b "Snake-Columbia shrub steppe". World Wide Fund for Nature. Retrieved 2019-01-01.