List of ecoregions in Minnesota

The list of ecoregions in Minnesota provides an overview to the ecoregions (see also, ecosystem) in the U.S. state of Minnesota, as defined separately by the Environmental Protection Agency/Commission for Environmental Cooperation, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and the World Wildlife Fund.

Environmental Protection Agency/Commission for Environmental Cooperation

Level I Level III Level IV9 – Great Plains9.2 – Temperate Prairies 46 – Northern Glaciated Plains 46e – Tewaukon Big Stone Stagnation Moraine46k – Prairie Coteau46l – Prairie Coteau Escarpment 46m – Big Sioux Basin46o – Minnesota River Prairie47 – Western Corn Belt Plains 47a – Loess Prairies 47b – Des Moines Lobe 47c – Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Drift Plains47g – Lower St Crois and Vermillion Valleys48 – Lake Agassiz Plain 48a – Glacial Lake Agassiz Basin 48b – Beach Ridges and Sand Deltas48d – Lake Agassiz Plains5 – Northern Forests5.2 – Mixed Wood Shield 49 – Northern Minnesota Wetlands 49a – Peatlands49b – Forested Lake Plains50 – Northern Lakes and Forests50a – Lake Superior Lacustrine Clay Plain50b – Minnesota/Wisconsin Upland Till Plain50m – Mesabi Range50n – Boundary Lakes and Hills50o – Glacial Lakes Upham and Aitken50p – Toimi Drumlins50q – Itasca and St Louis Moraines50r – Chippewa Plains50s – Nashwauk/Marcell Moraines and Uplands50t – North Shore Highlands Subsection8 – Eastern Temperate Forest8.1 – Mixed Wood Plains 51 – North Central Hardwood Forests 51a – St. Croix Outwash Plain and Stagnation Plains51h – Anoka Sand Plain and Mississippi Valley51i – Big Woods51j – Alexandria Moraines and Detroit Lakes Outwash Plains51k – McGraw Till Plain and Drumlins51l – Wadena/Todd Drumlins and Osakis Till Plain 52 – Driftless Area 52b – Blufflands and Coulees52c – Rochester/Paleozoic Plateau Upland

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources divides the state of Minnesota into regions based on the agency's Ecological Classification System (ECS), which follows the guidelines set forth by the National Hierarchical Framework of Ecological Units.

Provinces Sections Subsections212 – Laurentian Mixed Forest Province 212J – Southern Superior Uplands 212Ja – Glacial Lake Superior Plain212Jd – St. Croix Moraine 212K – Western Superior Uplands 212Kb – Mille Lacs Uplands 212L – Northern Superior Uplands 212La – Border Lakes212Lb – North Shore Highlands212Lc – Nashwauk Uplands212Ld – Toimi Uplands212Le – Laurentian Uplands 212M – Northern Minnesota and Ontario Peatlands 212Ma – Littlefork-Vermillion Uplands212Mb – Agassiz Lowlands 212N – Northern Minnesota Drift and Lake Plains 212Na – Chippewa Plains212Nb – St. Louis Moraines212Nc – Pine Moraines and Outwash Plains212Nd – Tamarack Lowlands222 – Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province 222L – Paleozoic Plateau 222Lc – The Blufflands222Lf – Rochester Plateau 222M – Minnesota and Northeast Iowa Morainal 222Ma – Hardwood Hills222Mb – Big Woods222Mc – Anoka Sand Plain222Md – St. Paul-Baldwin Plains222Me – Oak Savanna 223 – Tallgrass Aspen Parkland Province 223N – Lake Agassiz, Aspen Parklands 223Na – Aspen Parklands251 –Prairie Parkland Province 251A – Red River Valley 251Aa – Red River Prairie 251B – North Central Glaciated Plains 251Ba – Minnesota River Prairie251Bb – Coteau Moraines251Bc – Inner Coteau

World Wildlife Fund

Canadian aspen forests and parklands Central tall grasslands (consisting of parts of 251B (North Central Glaciated Plains) and 222M – Minnesota and Northeast Iowa Morainal) along with parts of 251C (Central Dissected Till plains) which are not in Minnesota. Northern tall grasslands Western Great Lakes forests Upper Midwest forest-savanna transition

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