Küchler Potential Natural Vegetation Index Maps
(Click on an index map to view the graphical display for that ecoregion.)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KCLRD01_MAP.GIF)
WESTERN FORESTS
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KCLRE01_MAP.GIF)
Needleleaf Forests
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV01_MAP.GIF)
Spruce-cedar-hemlock forest (Picea-Thuja-Tsuga)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV02_MAP.GIF)
Cedar-hemlock-Douglas fir forest (Thuja-Tsuga-Pseudotsuga)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV03_MAP.GIF)
Silver fir-Douglas fir forest (Abies-Pseudotsuga)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV04_MAP.GIF)
Fir-hemlock forest (Abies-Tsuga)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV05_MAP.GIF)
Mixed conifer forest (Abies-Pinus-Pseudotsuga)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV06_MAP.GIF)
Redwood forest (Sequoia-Pseudotsuga)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV07_MAP.GIF)
Red fir forest (Abies)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV08_MAP.GIF)
Lodgepole pine-subalpine forest (Pinus-Tsuga)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV09_MAP.GIF)
Pine-cypress forest (Pinus-Cupressus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV10_MAP.GIF)
Ponderosa shrub forest (Pinus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV11_MAP.GIF)
Western ponderosa forest (Pinus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV12_MAP.GIF)
Douglas fir forest (Pseudotsuga)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV13_MAP.GIF)
Cedar-hemlock-pine forest (Thuja-Tsuga-Pinus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV14_MAP.GIF)
Grand fir-Douglas fir forest (Abies-Pseudotsuga)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV15_MAP.GIF)
Western spruce-fir forest (Picea-Abies)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV16_MAP.GIF)
Eastern ponderosa forest (Pinus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV17_MAP.GIF)
Black Hills pine forest (Pinus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV18_MAP.GIF)
Pine-Douglas fir forest (Pinus-Pseudotsuga)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV19_MAP.GIF)
Arizona pine forest (Pinus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV20_MAP.GIF)
Spruce-fir-Douglas fir forest (Picea-Abies-Pseudotsuga)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV21_MAP.GIF)
Southwestern spruce-fir forest (Picea-Abies)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV22_MAP.GIF)
Great Basin pine forest (Pinus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV23_MAP.GIF)
Juniper-pinyon woodland (Juniperus-Pinus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV24_MAP.GIF)
Juniper steppe woodland (Juniperus-Artemisia-Agropyron)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KCLRE02_MAP.GIF)
Broadleaf Forests
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV25_MAP.GIF)
Alder-ash forest (Alnus-Fraxinus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV26_MAP.GIF)
Oregon oakwoods (Quercus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KCLRE03_MAP.GIF)
Broadleaf and Needleleaf Forests
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV27_MAP.GIF)
Mosaic of cedar-hemlock-Douglas fir forest and Oregon oakwoods
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV28_MAP.GIF)
California mixed evergreen forest (Quercus-Arbutus-Pseudotsuga)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV29_MAP.GIF)
California oakwoods (Quercus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV30_MAP.GIF)
Oak-juniper woodland (Quercus-Juniperus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV31_MAP.GIF)
Transition between oak-juniper woodland and mountain mahogany-oak scrub
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KCLRD02_MAP.GIF)
WESTERN SHRUB AND GRASSLAND
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KCLRE04_MAP.GIF)
Shrub
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV32_MAP.GIF)
Chaparral (Adenostoma-Arctostaphylos-Ceanothus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV33_MAP.GIF)
Montane chaparral (Arctostaphylos-Castanopsis-Ceanothus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV34_MAP.GIF)
Coastal sagebrush (Salvia-Eriogonum)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV35_MAP.GIF)
Mosaic of California oakwoods and coastal sagebrush
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV36_MAP.GIF)
Mountain mahogany-oak scrub (Cercocarpus-Quercus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV37_MAP.GIF)
Great Basin sagebrush (Artemisia)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV38_MAP.GIF)
Blackbrush (Coleogyne)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV39_MAP.GIF)
Saltbush-greasewood (Atriplex-Sarcobatus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV40_MAP.GIF)
Creosote bush (Larrea)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV41_MAP.GIF)
Creosote bush-bur sage (Larrea-Franseria)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV42_MAP.GIF)
Palo verde-cactus shrub (Cercidium-Opuntia)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV43_MAP.GIF)
Creosote bush-tarbush (Larrea-Flourensia)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV44_MAP.GIF)
Ceniza shrub (Leucophyllum-Larrea-Prosopis)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV45_MAP.GIF)
Desert: vegetation largely absent
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KCLRE05_MAP.GIF)
Grasslands
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV46_MAP.GIF)
Fescue-oatgrass (Festuca-Danthonia)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV47_MAP.GIF)
California steppe (Stipa)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV48_MAP.GIF)
Tule marshes (Scirpus-Typha)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV49_MAP.GIF)
Fescue-wheatgrass (Festuca-Agropyron)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV50_MAP.GIF)
Wheatgrass-bluegrass (Agropyron-Poa)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV51_MAP.GIF)
Alpine meadows and barren (Agrostis, Carex, Festuca, Poa)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV52_MAP.GIF)
Fescue-mountain muhly prairie (Festuca-Muhlenbergia)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV53_MAP.GIF)
Grama-galleta steppe (Bouteloua-Hilaria)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV54_MAP.GIF)
Grama-tobosa prairie (Bouteloua-Hilaria)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KCLRE06_MAP.GIF)
Shrub and Grasslands Combinations
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV55_MAP.GIF)
Sagebrush steppe (Artemisia-Agropyron)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV56_MAP.GIF)
Wheatgrass-needlegrass shrubsteppe (Agropyron-Stipa-Artemisia)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV57_MAP.GIF)
Galleta-three awn shrubsteppe (Hilaria-Aristida)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV58_MAP.GIF)
Grama-tobosa shrubsteppe (Bouteloua-Hilaria-Larrea)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV59_MAP.GIF)
Trans-Pecos shrub savanna (Flourensia-Larrea)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV60_MAP.GIF)
Mesquite savanna (Prosopis-Hilaria)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV61_MAP.GIF)
Mesquite-acacia savanna (Prosopis-Acacia-Andropogon-Setaria)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV62_MAP.GIF)
Mesquite-live oak savanna (Prosopis-Quercus-Andropogon)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KCLRD03_MAP.GIF)
CENTRAL AND EASTERN GRASSLANDS
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KCLRE07_MAP.GIF)
Grasslands
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV63_MAP.GIF)
Foothills prairie (Agropyron-Festuca-Stipa)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV64_MAP.GIF)
Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass (Bouteloua-Stipa-Agropyron)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV65_MAP.GIF)
Grama-buffalo grass (Bouteloua-Buchloe)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV66_MAP.GIF)
Wheatgrass-needlegrass (Agropyron-Stipa)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV67_MAP.GIF)
Wheatgrass-bluestem-needlegrass (Agropyron-Andropogon-Stipa)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV68_MAP.GIF)
Wheatgrass-grama-buffalo grass (Agropyron-Bouteloua-Buchloe)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV69_MAP.GIF)
Bluestem-grama prairie (Andropogon-Bouteloua)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV70_MAP.GIF)
Sandsage-bluestem prairie (Artemisia-Andropogon)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV71_MAP.GIF)
Shinnery (Quercus-Andropogon)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV72_MAP.GIF)
Northern cordgrass prairie (Distichlis-Spartina)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV73_MAP.GIF)
Bluestem prairie (Andropogon-Panicum-Sorghastrum)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV74_MAP.GIF)
Nebraska Sandhills prairie (Andropogon-Calamovilfa)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV75_MAP.GIF)
Blackland prairie (Andropogon-Stipa)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV76_MAP.GIF)
Bluestem-sacahuista prairie (Andropogon-Spartina)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV77_MAP.GIF)
Southern cordgrass prairie (Spartina)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV78_MAP.GIF)
Palmetto prairie (Serenoa-Aristida)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KCLRE08_MAP.GIF)
Grassland and Forest Combinations
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV79_MAP.GIF)
Marl-Everglades (Mariscus and Persea-Taxodium)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV80_MAP.GIF)
Oak savanna (Quercus-Andropogon)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV81_MAP.GIF)
Mosaic of bluestem prairie and oak-hickory forest
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV82_MAP.GIF)
Cedar glades (Juniperus-Quercus-Sporobolus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV83_MAP.GIF)
Cross timbers (Quercus-Andropogon)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV84_MAP.GIF)
Mesquite-buffalo grass (Prosopis-Buchloe)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV85_MAP.GIF)
Juniper-oak savanna (Juniperus-Quercus-Andropogon)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV86_MAP.GIF)
Mesquite-oak savanna (Prosopis-Quercus-Andropogon)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV87_MAP.GIF)
Fayette prairie (Andropogon-Buchloe)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV88_MAP.GIF)
Blackbelt (Liquidambar-Quercus-Juniperus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV89_MAP.GIF)
Live oak-sea oats (Quercus-Uniola)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV90_MAP.GIF)
Cypress savanna (Taxodium-Mariscus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV91_MAP.GIF)
Everglades (Mariscus and Magnolia-Persea)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KCLRD04_MAP.GIF)
EASTERN FORESTS
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KCLRE09_MAP.GIF)
Needleleaf Forests
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV92_MAP.GIF)
Great Lakes spruce-fir forest (Picea-Abies)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV93_MAP.GIF)
Conifer bog (Larix-Picea-Thuja)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV94_MAP.GIF)
Great Lakes pine forest (Pinus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV95_MAP.GIF)
Northeastern spruce-fir forest (Picea-Abies)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KCLRE10_MAP.GIF)
Broadleaf Forests
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV96_MAP.GIF)
Northern floodplain forest (Populus-Salix-Ulmus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV97_MAP.GIF)
Maple-basswood forest (Acer-Tilia)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV98_MAP.GIF)
Oak-hickory forest (Quercus-Carya)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV99_MAP.GIF)
Elm-ash forest (Ulmus-Fraxinus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV100_MAP.GIF)
Beech-maple forest (Fagus-Acer)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV101_MAP.GIF)
Mixed mesophytic forest (Acer-Aesculus-Fagus-Liriodendron-Quercus-Tilia)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV102_MAP.GIF)
Appalachian oak forest (Quercus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV103_MAP.GIF)
Mangrove (Avicennia-Rhizophora)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KCLRE11_MAP.GIF)
Broadleaf and Needleleaf Forests
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV104_MAP.GIF)
Northern hardwoods (Acer-Betula-Fagus-Tsuga)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV105_MAP.GIF)
Northern hardwoods-fir forest (Acer-Betula-Abies-Tsuga)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV106_MAP.GIF)
Northern hardwoods-spruce forest (Acer-Betula-Fagus-Picea-Tsuga)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV107_MAP.GIF)
Transition between Appalachian oak forest and northern hardwoods
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV108_MAP.GIF)
Northeastern oak-pine forest (Quercus-Pinus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV109_MAP.GIF)
Oak-hickory-pine forest (Quercus-Carya-Pinus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV110_MAP.GIF)
Southern mixed forest (Fagus-Liquidambar-Magnolia-Pinus-Quercus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV111_MAP.GIF)
Southern floodplain forest (Quercus-Nyssa-Taxodium)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV112_MAP.GIF)
Pocosin (Pinus-Ilex)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV113_MAP.GIF)
Sand pine scrub (Pinus-Quercus)
![Index Map](kuchler/index_maps/KUCHV114_MAP.GIF)
Subtropical pine forest (Pinus-Tetrazygia)