Ecological systems of Montana

There are 62 named Ecological Systems found in Montana[1] These systems are described in the Montana Field Guides-Ecological Systems of Montana.[2]

Multiple ecosystems in Gallatin National Forest

An ecosystem is a biological environment consisting of all the organisms living in a particular area, as well as all the nonliving, physical components of the environment with which the organisms interact, such as air, soil, water and sunlight.[3] It is all the organisms in a given area, along with the nonliving (abiotic) factors with which they interact; a biological community and its physical environment.[3]

Forest and Woodland Systems
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest[4]
  • Rocky Mountain Subalpine Mesic Spruce-Fir Forest and Woodland[5]
  • Northwestern Great Plains - Black Hills Ponderosa Pine Woodland and Savanna[6]
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Dry-Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest[7]
  • Rocky Mountain Foothill Limber Pine - Juniper Woodland[8]
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Foothill Conifer Wooded Steppe[9]
  • Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine Forest[10]
  • Middle Rocky Mountain Montane Douglas-Fir Forest and Woodland[11]
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Woodland and Savanna[12]
  • Rocky Mountain Poor Site Lodgepole Pine Forest[13]
  • Rocky Mountain Subalpine Dry-Mesic Spruce-Fir Forest and Woodland[14]
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Subalpine Woodland and Parkland[15]
  • Rocky Mountain Aspen Forest and Woodland[16]
  • Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine[17]
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Mountain Mahogany Woodland and Shrubland[18]
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Aspen Mixed Conifer Forest-Woodland[19]

Alpine Systems
  • Rocky Mountain Alpine Dwarf-Shrubland[20]
  • Rocky Mountain Alpine Turf[21]
  • Rocky Mountain Alpine Bedrock and Scree[22]
  • Rocky Mountain Alpine Fell-Field[23]
  • North American Alpine Ice Field[24]

Shrubland, Steppe and Savanna Systems
  • Northwestern Great Plains Shrubland[25]
  • Rocky Mountain Lower Montane-Foothill Shrubland[26]
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Montane-Foothill Deciduous Shrubland[27]
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Subalpine Deciduous Shrubland[28]
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Big Sagebrush Steppe[29]
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Montane Sagebrush Steppe[30]
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Big Sagebrush Shrubland[31]
  • Wyoming Basins Dwarf Sagebrush Shrubland and Steppe[32]
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Mat Saltbush Shrubland[33]
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Mixed Salt Desert Scrub[34]

Grassland Systems
  • Northwestern Great Plains Mixedgrass Prairie[35]
  • Western Great Plains Sand Prairie[36]
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Lower Montane, Foothill and Valley Grassland[37]
  • Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Mesic Meadow[38]
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Upper Montane Grassland[39]

Sparse and Barren Systems
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Active and Stabilized Dune[40]
  • Western Great Plains Badlands[41]
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Shale Badland[42]
  • Western Great Plains Cliff and Outcrop[43]
  • Rocky Mountain Cliff, Canyon and Massive Bedrock[44]
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Cliff and Canyon[45]

Open Water/Wetland and Riparian Systems
  • Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Fen[46]
  • Western Great Plains Closed Depressional Wetland[47]
  • Western Great Plains Open Freshwater Depression Wetland[48]
  • Great Plains Prairie Pothole[49]
  • Western Great Plains Saline Depression Wetland[50]
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Wooded Vernal Pool[51]
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Greasewood Flat[52]
  • Northwestern Great Plains Floodplain[53]
  • Northwestern Great Plains Riparian[54]
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland[55]
  • Rocky Mountain Lower Montane-Foothill Riparian Woodland and Shrubland[56]
  • Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Riparian Shrubland[57]
  • Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Riparian Woodland[58]
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Conifer Swamp[59]
  • North American Arid West[60]
  • Geysers and Hot Springs[61]
  • Open Water[62]
  • Rocky Mountain Alpine-Montane Wet Meadow[63]

Further reading
  • Comer, P.; Faber-Langendoen, D.; Evans, R.; Gawler, S.; Josse, C.; Kittel, G.; Menard, S.; Pyne, M.; Reid, M.; Schulz, K.; Snow, K.; Teague, J. (June 2003). Ecological Systems of the United States: A Working Classification of U.S. Terrestrial Systems (PDF) (Report). Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe.
  • Noss, Reed F.; LaRoe, Edward T., III; Scott, J. Michael (1995). Endangered Ecosystems of the United States: A Preliminary Assessment of Loss and Degradation (Report). National Biological Service. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  • Management of riparian and wetland forested ecosystems in Montana: fourth annual Montana Riparian Association Workshop, September 5-7, 1990. Missoula, Montana: School of Forestry, University of Montana. 1990.
  • Schmitz, Oswald J. (2010). Resolving Ecosystem Complexity. Monographs in population Biology - 47. Princeton University Press. ISBN 1-4008-3417-1.

See also

Notes
  1. "Montana Field Guide-Ecological Systems Field Guide Help". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  2. "Montana Field Guides". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  3. ”Biology Concepts & Connections Sixth Edition”, Campbell, Neil A. (2009), page 2, 3 and G-9. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  4. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  5. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Subalpine Mesic Spruce-Fir Forest and Woodland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  6. "Montana Field Guide- Great Plains Ponderosa Pine Woodland and Savanna". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  7. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Dry-Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  8. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Foothill Limber Pine - Juniper Woodland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  9. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Foothill Woodland-Steppe Transition". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  10. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine Forest". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  11. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Montane Douglas-Fir Forest and Woodland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  12. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Woodland and Savanna". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  13. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Poor Site Lodgepole Pine Forest". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  14. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Subalpine Dry-Mesic Spruce-Fir Forest and Woodland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  15. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Subalpine Woodland and Parkland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  16. "Montana Field Guide-Aspen Forest and Woodland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  17. "Montana Field Guide-Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  18. "Montana Field Guide-Mountain Mahogany Woodland and Shrubland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  19. "Montana Field Guide-Aspen Mixed Conifer Forest-Woodland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  20. "Montana Field Guide-Alpine Dwarf Shrubland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  21. "Montana Field Guide-Alpine Turf". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  22. "Montana Field Guide-Alpine Bedrock and Scree". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  23. "Montana Field Guide-Alpine Fell-Field". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  24. "Montana Field Guide-Alpine Ice Field". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  25. "Montana Field Guide-Great Plains Shrubland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  26. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Lower Montane-Foothill Shrubland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  27. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Montane-Foothill Deciduous Shrubland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  28. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Subalpine Deciduous Shrubland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  29. "Montana Field Guide-Big Sagebrush Steppe". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  30. "Montana Field Guide-Montane Sagebrush Steppe". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  31. "Montana Field Guide-Big Sagebrush Shrubland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  32. "Montana Field Guide-Low Sagebrush Shrubland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  33. "Montana Field Guide-Mat Saltbush Shrubland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  34. "Montana Field Guide-Mixed Salt Desert Scrub". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  35. "Montana Field Guide-Great Plains Mixedgrass Prairie". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  36. "Montana Field Guide-Great Plains Sand Prairie". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  37. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Lower Montane, Foothill and Valley Grassland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  38. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Mesic Meadow". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  39. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Upper Montane Grassland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  40. "Montana Field Guide-Active and Stabilized Dune". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  41. "Montana Field Guide-Great Plains Badlands". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  42. "Montana Field Guide-Shale Badland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  43. "Montana Field Guide-Great Plains Cliff and Outcrop". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  44. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Cliff, Canyon and Massive Bedrock". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  45. "Montana Field Guide- Wyoming Basins Cliff and Canyon". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  46. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Fen". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  47. "Montana Field Guide-Great Plains Closed Depressional Wetland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  48. "Montana Field Guide-Great Plains Open Freshwater Depression Wetland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  49. "Montana Field Guide-Great Plains Prairie Pothole". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  50. "Montana Field Guide-Great Plains Saline Depression Wetland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  51. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Wooded Vernal Pool". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  52. "Montana Field Guide-Greasewood Flat". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  53. "Montana Field Guide-Great Plains Floodplain". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  54. "Montana Field Guide-Great Plains Riparian". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  55. "Montana Field Guide-Northern Rocky Mountain Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  56. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Lower Montane-Foothill Riparian Woodland and Shrubland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  57. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Riparian Shrubland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  58. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Riparian Woodland". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  59. "Montana Field Guide-Rocky Mountain Conifer Swamp". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  60. "Montana Field Guide-Emergent Marsh". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  61. "Montana Field Guide-Geysers and Hot Springs". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  62. "Montana Field Guide-Open Water". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  63. "Montana Field Guide-Alpine-Montane Wet Meadow". Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
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