| 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%
|
|
This page was last edited on 8 September 2023, at 14:37