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Western Gulf coastal grasslands
Tamaulipan pastizal
An Attwater's prairie chicken
Ecology
RealmNearctic
BiomeTropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Borders
List
  • East Central Texas forests
  • Mississippi lowland forests
  • Piney Woods forests
  • Southeastern conifer forests
  • Tamaulipan mezquital
  • Veracruz moist forests
Bird species335[1]
Mammal species75[1]
Geography
Area77,425 km2 (29,894 sq mi)
Countries
  • Mexico
  • United States
States
  • Louisiana
  • Tamaulipas
  • Texas
Climate typeHumid subtropical (Cfa)
Conservation
Habitat loss48.734%[1]
Protected10.31%[1]

The Western Gulf coastal grasslands (Spanish: Pastizales costeros del Golfo Occidental) are a subtropical grassland ecoregion of the southern United States and northeastern Mexico. It is known in Louisiana as the "Cajun Prairie", Texas as "Coastal Prairie," and as the Tamaulipan pastizal (Spanish: Pastizal Tamaulipeco) in Mexico.

  1. ^ a b c d Hoekstra, J. M.; Molnar, J. L.; Jennings, M.; Revenga, C.; Spalding, M. D.; Boucher, T. M.; Robertson, J. C.; Heibel, T. J.; Ellison, K. (2010). Molnar, J. L. (ed.). The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26256-0.

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