The following is a list of ecoregions in France as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Metropolitan France
The ecoregions of Metropolitan France are as follows:
Terrestrial ecoregions
Terrestrial ecoregions of Metropolitan France are listed by biome. All them are in the Palearctic realm.
- Atlantic mixed forests
- Cantabrian mixed forests
- Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests
- Western European broadleaf forests
- Corsican montane broadleaf and mixed forests (Corsica)
- Northeastern Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests
- Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests
- Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests (Corsica)
Freshwater ecoregions
Marine ecoregions
Marine ecoregions of France are listed by marine province. All of them are in the Temperate Northern Atlantic realm.
Northern European Seas province
Lusitanian province
Mediterranean Sea province
Overseas France
This is a list of all terrestrial ecoregions of France's overseas departments and territories.
- Leeward Islands xeric scrub (Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Saint Barthelemy)
- Windward Islands xeric scrub (Martinique)
Mangroves
- Guianan moist forests (French Guiana)
- Leeward Islands moist forests (Guadeloupe)
- Windward Islands moist forests (Martinique)
Deserts and xeric shrublands
Temperate grasslands and shrublands
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Fiji tropical moist forests (Wallis and Futuna)
- Marquesas tropical moist forests (French Polynesia)
- Society Islands tropical moist forests (French Polynesia)
- Tuamotu tropical moist forests (French Polynesia)
- Tubuai tropical moist forests (French Polynesia)
References
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