Colorado Plateau shrublands

Colorado Plateau shrublands
Location map of Colorado Plateau shrublands
Ecology
RealmNearctic
Biomedeserts and xeric shrublands
Borders
Geography
Area283,435 km2 (109,435 sq mi)
CountriesUnited States
States
Climate typeCold desert (BWk) and cold semi-arid (BSk)
Conservation
Conservation statusRelatively stable/intact
Protected33,203 km2 (12%)[1]

The Colorado Plateau shrublands is an ecoregion of deserts and xeric shrublands in the Western United States.

  1. ^ Dinerstein, Eric; Olson, David; et al. (June 2017). "An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm". BioScience. 67 (6): 534–545, Supplemental material 2 table S1b. doi:10.1093/biosci/bix014. PMC 5451287. PMID 28608869.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)