List of ecoregions in Morocco

The following is a list of ecoregions in Morocco, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). This list does not include the ecoregions of Western Sahara (see List of ecoregions in Western Sahara).

Terrestrial ecoregions

Palearctic

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

• Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe
• Mediterranean woodlands and forests
• Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets

Temperate coniferous forests

• Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• Mediterranean High Atlas juniper steppe

Deserts and xeric shrublands

• North Saharan steppe and woodlands

Freshwater ecoregions

• Permanent Maghreb
• Temporary Maghreb

Marine ecoregions

• Alboran Sea
• Saharan Upwelling

References

• Burgess, Neil, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Emma Underwood (2004). Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
• Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573-583.
• Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.