chart grassland ecosystems

Chart of Major Grassland Ecosystems

Major Grassland Ecosystems in British Columbia.
As used in The Grasslands of British Columbia.

Grassland Region	Area (ha)	Ecoprovince	Ecoregion	Major Ecosection	Major BEC Zones
East Kootenay Trench	45,000	Southern Interior Mountains	Southern Rocky Mountain Trench	East Kootenay Trench	PonderosaPine Zone Interior Douglas Fir Zone Montane Spruce Zone
Okanagan	480,000	Southern Interior	Okanagan Highland Northern Cascade Ranges Thompson-Okanagan Plateau	Southern Okanagan Basin Southern Okanagan Highlands Northern Okanagan Basin Northern Okanagan Highlands	Bunchgrass Zone Ponderosa Pine Zone Interior Douglas-Fir Zone Ponderosa Pine Zone Interior Douglas-Fir Zone Bunchgrass Zone Ponderosa Pine Zone Interior Douglas-Fir Zone Bunchgrass Zone Ponderosa Pine Zone Interior Douglas-Fir Zone Ponderosa Pine Zone Interior Douglas-fir Zone
Thompson-Pavilion	144,000	Southern Interior	Thompson-Okanagan Plateau Interior Transition Ranges	Thompson Basin Pavilion Ranges	Bunchgrass Zone Ponderosa Pine Zone Interior Douglas-Fir Zone Bunchgrass Zone Ponderosa Pine Zone Interior Douglas-Fir Zone
Southern Thompson Upland	134,325	Southern Interior	Thompson-Okanagan Plateau	Southern Thompson Upland	Bunchgrass Zone Ponderosa Pine Zone Interior Douglas-Fir Zone Montane Spruce Zone
Cariboo-Chilcotin and Central Interior	230,000	Central Interior	Chilcotin Ranges Fraser River Plateau	Central Chilcotin Ranges Western Chilcotin Ranges Chilcotin Plateau Fraser River Basin Cariboo Basin Bulkley Basin	Interior Douglas-Fir Zone Montane Spruce Zone Interior Douglas-Fir Zone Interior Douglas-Fir Zone Montane Spruce Zone Engelmann Spruce-Sub-alpine Fir Zone Sub-boreal Pine-Spruce Zone Bunchgrass Zone Interior Douglas-Fir Zone Sub-boreal Spruce Zone Sub-boreal Spruce Zone
Sub Boreal Interior and Northern Boreal Mountains	10,380 49,400	Sub-Boreal Interior Northern Boreal Moutains	Central Canadian Rocky Mountains Northern Canadian Rocky Mountains Liard Basin	Peace Foothills Misinchinka Ranges Muskwa Foothills Eastern Muskwa Ranges Hyland Highland Liard Plain	Engelmann Spruce-Sub-alpine Fir Zone Boreal White and Black Spruce Zone Engelmann Spruce-Sub-alpine Fir Zone Spruce-Willow-Birch Zone Boreal White and Black Spruce Zone
Boreal and Taiga Plains	15,160 3,360	Boreal Plains Taiga Plains	Peace River Basin Central Alberta Uplands Southern Alberta Uplands Muskwa Plateau	Peace Lowland Halfway Plateau Kistatinaw Plateau Clear Hills Muskwa Plateau	Boreal White and Black Spruce Zone
Georgia Depression	2,400	Georgia Depression	Georgia-Puget Basin	Nanaimo Lowland Southern Gulf Island	Coastal Douglas Fir Zone