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Conifer Woodlands and Savannas

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The Conifer Woodlands and Savannas ecoregion is an area of mostly pinyon-juniper woodlands, with some ponderosa pine at higher elevations. It often intermingles with grasslands and shrublands. Although elevations are higher than adjacent Ecoregion 22 areas, the boundaries tend to be transitional. The region is generally cooler, with more uniform winter and summer seasonal moisture compared to Ecoregion 23b. It lacks the milder winters, wetter summers, chaparral, Madrean oaks, and other species of Ecoregion 23b. Elevations are mostly 5000 to 8400 feet and precipitation averages 13 to 25 inches per year. Sedimentary substrates predominate with a few areas of volcanic rocks. Vegetation includes one-seed juniper, pinyon pine, Stansbury cliffrose, Apache plume, fourwing saltbush, Mormon tea, needleandthread, sideoats grama, blue grama, black grama, galleta, bottlebrush squirreltail, and muttongrass. It lacks the sagebrush of Ecoregion 23j to the north.

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