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Ecological Regions With the Most Endemic Plants
According to the World Wildlife Fund, the following ecological regions have the highest percentage of endemic plants:
| Ecological region | Country |
|---|---|
| Madagascar moist forest | Madagascar |
| New Caledonian moist forest | New Caledonia |
| Hawaii moist forest | United States |
| Madagascar dry forest | Madagascar |
| New Caledonia dry forest | New Caledonia |
| Hawaii dry forest | United States |
| Mexican pine-oak forest | Mexico, Guatemala |
| Fynbos | South Africa |
| Kwongan heathland | Australia |
According to the World Wildlife Fund, the following ecological regions have the
second-highest percentage of endemic plants:
| Ecological region | Country |
|---|---|
| Atlantic moist forest complex | Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay |
| Northern Andean complex moist forest | Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela |
| Napo moist forest | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru |
| Guayanan highlands moist forest | Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela |
| Eastern Arc mountain | Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania |
| Congolian coastal forest | Cameroon, Congo, equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria |
| Southwest Sri Lankan moist forest | Sri Lanka |
| Sulawesi moist forest | Indonesia |
| Southern Mexican dry forest | Mexico |
| Klamath-Siskiyou coniferous forest | United States |
| Cerrado savannah | Bolivia, Brazil |
| Northern Andean paramo | Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela |
| Spiny woodland | Madagascar |