level iii and iv ecoregions of washington · 2c san juan islands 2d olympic rainshadow 2a fraser...

1a Coastal Lowlands1b Coastal Uplands1c Low Olympics1d Volcanics1e Outwash1f Willapa Hills

1 Coast Range

2e Eastern Puget Uplands2f Central Puget Lowland

2c San Juan Islands2d Olympic Rainshadow

2a Fraser Lowland2b Eastern Puget Riverine Lowlands

2 Puget Lowland

2g Southern Puget Prairies2h Cowlitz/Chehalis Foothills2i Cowlitz/Newaukum Prairie Floodplains

11c Maritime-Influenced Zone11f Canyons and Dissected Highlands11g Canyons and Dissected Uplands11l Mesic Forest Zone11m Subalpine-Alpine Zone

11 Blue Mountains

10a Channeled Scablands10b Loess Islands10d Okanogan Drift Hills10e Pleistocene Lake Basins10f Dissected Loess Uplands10g Yakima Folds10h Palouse Hills10i Deep Loess Foothills10l Lower Snake and Clearwater Canyons10m Okanogan Valley

10 Columbia Plateau 3a Portland/Vancouver Basin3d Valley Foothills

4a Western Cascades Lowlands and Valleys4b Western Cascades Montane Highlands4c Cascade Crest Montane Forest4d Cascade Subalpine/Alpine

3 Willamette Valley

4 Cascades

9a Yakima Plateau and Slopes9b Grand Fir Mixed Forest9c Oak/Conifer Foothills

9 Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills

15g Western Okanogan Semiarid Foothills

15h High Northern Rockies

15r Okanogan-Colville Xeric Valleys and Foothills

15s Spokane Valley Outwash Plains

15u Inland Maritime Foothills and Valleys

15v Northern Idaho Hills and Low Relief Mountains

15w Western Selkirk Maritime Forest

15 Northern Rockies

15x Okanogan Highland Dry Forest

15y Selkirk Mountains

77a North Cascades Lowland Forests

77b North Cascades Highland Forests

77c North Cascades Subalpine/Alpine

77d Pasayten/Sawtooth Highlands

77e Okanogan Pine/Fir Hills

77f Chelan Tephra Hills

77g Wenatchee/Chelan Highlands

77h Chiwaukum Hills and Lowlands

77i High Olympics

77 North Cascades

Level III ecoregionLevel IV ecoregionCounty boundaryState boundaryInternational boundary

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Scale 1:1,350,000

Pater, D.E., S.A. Bryce, T.D. Thorson, J. Kagan, C. Chappell, J.M. Omernik, S.H. Azevedo, and A. J. Woods. 1998. Ecoregions of Western Washington and Oregon (2 sided color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs). U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. Scale 1:1,350,000.

Clarke, S.E. and S.A. Bryce. 1997. Hierarchical subdivisions of the Columbia Plateau & Blue Mountains ecoregions, Oregon & Washington. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-395. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR. 114p.

Thorson, T.D., S.A. Bryce, D.A. Lammers, A.J. Woods, J.M. Omernik, J. Kagan, D.E. Pater, and J.A. Comstock. 2003. Ecoregions of Oregon. (2 sided color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs). U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. Scale 1:1,500,000.

Publications:

McGrath, C.L., A.J. Woods, J.M. Omernik, S.A. Bryce, M. Edmondson, J.A. Nesser, J. Shelden, R.C. Crawford, J.A. Comstock, and M.D. Plocher. 2002. Ecoregions of Idaho. (2 sided color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs).U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. Scale 1:1,350,000.

Ecoregion information is available at: http://www.epa.gov/wed/pages/ecoregions.htm.

Ecoregions denote areas of general similarity in ecosystems and in the type, quality, and quantity of environmentalresources. They are designed to serve as a spatial framework for the research, assessment, management, and monitoring ofecosystems and ecosystem components. These general purpose regions are critical for structuring and implementingecosystem management strategies across federal agencies, state agencies, and non-governmental organizations that areresponsible for different types of resources within the same geographical areas. The approach used to compile this map isbased on the premise that ecological regions can be identified through the analysis of patterns of biotic and abioticphenomena, including geology, physiography, vegetation, climate, soils, land use, wildlife, and hydrology. The relativeimportance of each characteristic varies from one ecological region to another regardless of the hierarchical level. TheEcoregions of Washington map was compiled at a scale of 1:250,000, as part of the US EPA framework of ecological regions.Although there have been differences in conceptual approaches and mapping methodologies used by the USDA–ForestService, USDA–NRCS, and US EPA to develop the most common ecoregion-type frameworks, collaboration on refinementof these frameworks is a step toward attaining consensus and consistency in ecoregion frameworks for the entire nation.Comments regarding this map should be addressed to James Omernik, U.S. Geological Survey, 200 SW 35th Street,Corvallis, OR 97333, (541) 754-4458, omernik.james@epa.gov; or Glenn Griffith, Dynamac Corp., c/o US EPA, 200 SW35th Street, Corvallis, OR 97333, (541) 754-4465, griffith.glenn@epa.gov.

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