Wasatch and Uinta montane forests

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Wasatch and Uinta montane forests (WWF ecoregion NA0530)

Cedar Breaks Ntl. Monument, Iron Co., Utah (c) 2005 Daniel P. Duran

Wasatch and Uinta montane forests map
Source of bioregions data: Olson, D. M. and E. Dinerstein. The Global 200: Priority ecoregions for global conservation. (PDF file) Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89:125-126.

Distinctiveness (1=highest,4=lowest): 3 (bioregionally outstanding)
This region contains a variety of coniferous forests. It is relatively dry for a mountainous forest because it lies in the rain shadow of the high Sierra Nevada mountains to the west.*

Conservation Status (1=most endangered, 5=most intact): 2 (endangered)
Most of this region has been degraded by grazing, logging, mining, and recreational use. Large predators are extinct in this area. Very little of the area is protected.*

Characteristic species*

Pseudotsuga menziesii

(Douglas fir)

Abies lasiocarpa

(subalpine fir)

Picea engelmannii

(Engelmann spruce)

Pinus flexilis (limber pine)

Quercus gambelii

(Gambel oak)

Associated habitats

Cedar Breaks Ntl. Monument, Iron Co., Utah

* Ricketts, T.H., E. Dinerstein, D.M. Olson, C.J. Loucks, et al. (1999) Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: A Conservation Assessment. World Wildlife Fund - United States and Canada. Island Press, Washington, D.C. pp. 252-253.