Southern Mixed Forests & Blackland Prairies bioregion
The bioregion’s land area is provided in units of 1,000 hectares. The conservation target is the combined Global Safety Net (GSN1) areas for the component ecoregions. The protection level indicates the percentage of the GSN goal that is currently protected on a scale of 0-10. N/A means data is not available at this time.
The Southern Mixed Forests & Blackland Prairies bioregion, located in the Southeast U.S. Savannas & Forests subrealm of Northern America, consists of a swathe of forests through eastern Texas surrounded on two sides by Blackland prairie, with a large area of pines to the north. The bioregion consists of three ecoregions—East Central Texas Savanna-Woodland (332), Piney Woods Forests (363), Texas Blackland Prairies (401)—and includes the Sabine River. The total area of this bioregion is approximately 25 million hectares.
The Southern Mixed Forests & Blackland Prairies bioregion is part of the Southeast U.S. Savannas & Forests subrealm and is made up of three ecoregions: (1) Texas Blackland Prairies (2) East Central Texas Savanna-Woodland (3) Piney Woods Forests.
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