Life zones |
km² |
% |
Indicator vegetation species[1][2] |
Subtropical thorn scrub |
928 |
0.85 |
Cactus spp., Pereskia spp., Jacquinia aurantiaca, Guaiacum sanctum, Bucida macrostachya, Vachellia farnesiana, Cordia dentata. |
Tropical dry forest |
216 |
0.20 |
Omphalea oleifera, Talisia olivaeformis, Chloroleucon mangense, Jacaratia mexicana, Myrospermum frutescens. |
Subtropical dry forest |
3,964 |
3.64 |
Cochlospermum vitifolium, Swietenia humilis, Alvaradoa amorphoides, Sabal mexicana, Phyllocarpus septentrionalis, Ceiba aesculifolia, Albizia caribaea, Rhizophora mangle, Avicennia nitida, Leucaena guatemalensis. |
Subtropical moist forest (temperate) |
12,320 |
11.32 |
Pinus oocarpa, Curatella americana, Quercus spp., Byrsonima crassifolia. |
Subtropical moist forest (warm) |
27,000 |
24.81 |
- Southern zone: Sterculia apetala, Platymiscium dimorphandrum, Maclura tinctoria, Cordia alliodora.
- Northern zone: Byrsonima crassifolia, Curatella americana, Xylopia frutescens, Metopium brownei, Quercus oleoides, Sabal morisiana, Manilkara zapota, Pseudobombax ellipticum, Pimenta dioica, Aspidosperma megalocarpon, Alseis yucatensis
|
Subtropical wet forest (warm) |
40,700 |
37.41 |
- Southern zone: Scheelea preussii, Terminalia oblonga, Enterolobium cyclocarpum, Sickingia salvadorensis, Triplaris melaenodendrum, Cybistax donnell-smithii, Andira inermis.
- Northern zone: Attalea cohune, Terminalia amazonia, Brosimum alicastrum, Lonchocarpus spp., Virola spp., Cecropia pentandra, Vochysia guatemalensis, Pinus caribaea.
|
Subtropical wet forest (temperate) |
2,584 |
2.38 |
Liquidambar styraciflua, Persea donnell-smithii, Eurya seemanii, Pinus pseudostrobus, Persea schediana, Rapanea ferruginea, Clethra spp., Myrica spp., Croton draco. |
Subtropical rain forest |
1,144 |
1.05 |
Magnolia guatemalensis, Talauma spp., Alfaroa spp. |
Tropical rain forest |
2,636 |
2.42 |
Acacia cookii, Cordia gerascanthus, Zanthoxylum belicense, Crudia spp., Podocarpus spp., Basiloxylon excelsa. |
Subtropical lower montane moist forest |
9,769 |
8.98 |
Quercus spp., Pinus pseudostrobus, Pinus montezumae, Juniperus comitana, Alnus jorullensis, Ostrya spp., Carpinus spp., Prunus serotina capuli, Arbutus xalapensis. |
Subtropical lower montane wet forest |
5,512 |
5.07 |
Cupressus lusitanica, Pinus ayacahuite, Chiranthodendron pentadactylon, Pinus hartwegii, Pinus pseudostrobus, Alnus jorullensis, Quercus spp., Zinowiewia spp., Buddleja spp. |
Subtropical lower montane rain forest |
908 |
0.83 |
Podocarpus oleifolius, Alfaroa costaricensis, Engelhardtia spp., Billia hippocastanum, Magnolia guatemalensis, Brunellia spp., Oreopanax xalapensis, Hedyosmum mexicanum, Gunnera spp. |
Subtropical montane moist forest |
88 |
0.08 |
Juniperus standleyi, Pinus hartwegii. |
Subtropical montane wet forest |
1,040 |
0.96 |
Abies guatemalensis, Pinus ayacahuite, Pinus hartwegii, Pinus pseudostrobus, Cupressus lusitanica, Quercus spp., Bocona volcanica, Buddleja spp., Cestrum spp., Garya spp., Bacharia spp. |
Total area |
108,809 |
100% |
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