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Tehuacán Valley matorral

The Tehuacán Valley matorral is a xeric shrubland ecoregion, of the deserts and xeric shrublands biome, located in eastern Central Mexico.

Tehuacán Valley matorral
Landscape near San Antonio Texcala, Puebla, Mexico
Map of the Tehuacán Valley matorral
Ecology
RealmNeotropical
Biomedeserts and xeric shrublands
Borders
Geography
Area9,842 km2 (3,800 sq mi)
CountryMexico
States
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered
Protected1,594 km² (16%)[1]

Matorral is a Spanish word, along with tomillares, for shrubland, thicket or bushes.[2] The term is used alone for a Mediterranean climate ecosystem in Southern Europe.

Geography edit

The Tehuacán Valley matorral ecoregion occupies the Tehuacán Valley, Oriental Basin, and adjacent valleys, covering parts of the states of Tlaxcala, Puebla and Oaxaca. The valleys lie in the rain shadow of the surrounding mountain ranges, and are drier than the surrounding ecoregions.

Adjacent ecoregions edit

The Tehuacán Valley matorral is bounded by the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests to the northwest, north, and northeast, the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests to the east, and by the Balsas dry forests to the southeast, south, and southwest.

Flora edit

 
Xeric vegetation in Tehuacán Valley.

The Tehuacán Valley matorral is a center of plant diversity, with over 2700 species, of which approximately 30% are endemic. It is a center of diversity for species of Agave, Hechtia, Salvia, and cactus.

The ecoregion has a number of distinct plant communities.

Fauna edit

The ecoregion is notable for its diversity of birds and bats. Of the 90 species of birds present, 10 are endemic, including the ocellated thrasher (Toxostoma ocellatum), and bridled sparrow (Aimorphilla mystacalis). 34 species of bats inhabit the ecoregion, of which 18 are endangered, vulnerable, or rare.

Protected areas edit

A 2017 assessment found that 1,594 km², or 16%, of the ecoregion is in protected areas.[3] Protected areas include the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]
  2. ^ Velazquez, Mariano (comp.) (1973) "Matorral" A New Pronouncing Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages (rev. ed.) Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, p. 431
  3. ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [2]
  • Valiente-Banuet, Alfonso, Noe Flores-Hernandez, Miguel Verdu, Patricia Davila. "The chaparral vegetation in Mexico under nonmediterranean climate: the convergence and Madrean-Tethyan hypotheses reconsidered". American Journal of Botany, 1998 85: 1398-1408.

External links edit

  • "Tehuacán Valley matorral". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  • World Wildlife Fund, ed. (2001). . WildWorld Ecoregion Profile. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-08.
  • Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve (ParksWatch) [PDF]

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