Subtropical grassland ecoregion of Mexico and the United States
Western Gulf coastal grasslands Tamaulipan pastizal
Ecology
Realm
Nearctic
Biome
Tropical 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 species
335[1]
Mammal species
75[1]
Geography
Area
77,425 km2 (29,894 sq mi)
Countries
Mexico
United States
States
Louisiana
Tamaulipas
Texas
Climate type
Humid subtropical (Cfa)
Conservation
Habitat loss
48.734%[1]
Protected
10.31%[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.
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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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similar parts of adjacent states. Map of WesternGulfCoastal Plain within Louisiana 34a Northern Humid GulfCoastal Prairies 34c Floodplains and Low Terraces...
Edwards Plateau the Chihuahuan Desert, the southern third of the WesternGulfcoastalgrasslands, the Tamaulipan mezquital, and the Tamaulipan matorral. Throughout...
Coastal Prairie Conservancy was established in 1992 to conserve Katy Prairie, part of the WesternGulfcoastalgrasslands located in Texas, United States...
is a perennial plant in the family Asteraceae native to the WesternGulfcoastalgrasslands of Texas and Louisiana. Rudbeckia texana is a robust perennial...
most sources, including the IUCN Red List. It inhabits the WesternGulfcoastalgrasslands, Tamaulipan mezquital, and Tamaulipan matorral. Its preferred...
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be overwhelmed by shifting sands. It is a component of the WesternGulfcoastalgrasslands in Texas, Louisiana, and Tamaulipas. Off the plains buffalograss...
roadsides, and storm-damaged forests—and along the edges of the WesternGulfcoastalgrasslands biome, sometimes forming monocultures. The Chinese Tallow Tree...
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water. Most of Houston is on the gulfcoastal plain, and its vegetation is classified as WesternGulfcoastalgrasslands while further north, it transitions...
Atlantic coastal plain upland longleaf pine woodlands occur on uplands and on the higher parts of upland-wetland mosaics, while the east Gulfcoastal plain...
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the southwest of the Piney Woods and transitions into the WesternGulfcoastalgrasslands immediately to the south. To the west are the Texas Blackland...
north. An isolated relict subspecies was once known from the WesternGulfcoastalgrasslands in Texas and Louisiana, named the Louisiana vole; it were reportedly...
located within the Northern Humid Gulf Coast Prairies level IV ecoregion (34a), a subset of the WesternGulfcoastalgrasslands level III region as defined...
blend of WesternGulfcoastalgrasslands and coastal marsh ecosystems, together with urban land cover in Port Arthur and its suburbs on the western shore...
according to the Texas Almanac, Texas has four major physical regions: GulfCoastal Plains, Interior Lowlands, Great Plains, and Basin and Range Province...