Madrean Pinyon - Juniper Woodland

Type:Group
Parent classification:Madrean Lowland Evergreen Woodland
Scientific Name:Pinus cembroides - Pinus discolor - Juniperus coahuilensis Woodland Group
Location:Mexico (Coahuila, Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, Durango, Sonora, Tamaulipas); United States (Texas, New Mexico, Arizona)
Description:This conifer woodland group occurs in foothill and lower montane zones of northern Mexico, Trans-Pecos Texas, southern New Mexico and Arizona and is characterized pinyons Pinus cembroides, Pinus discolor, Pinus remota, or Pinus edulis (with Madrean elements in understory) with Juniperus coahuilensis, Juniperus deppeana, or Juniperus monosperma often present to dominant.
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Child types

Name
Madrean Pinyon - Juniper / Grass Woodland
Madrean Pinyon - Juniper / Shrub Woodland

Species

Name
Crotalus willardi obscurus (New Mexico ridgenose rattlesnake)
Empidonax wrightii (Grey Flycatcher)
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus (Pinyon Jay)
Masticophis taeniatus (Striped Whipsnake)
Melanerpes uropygialis (Gila Woodpecker)
Phrynosoma hernandesi (Mountain Short-horned Lizard)
Sceloporus slevini (Slevin's bunchgrass lizard)
Sonorella todseni
Strix occidentalis lucida (Mountain spotted owl)

Habitat Vegetation Classification provided by NatureServe Explorer