Central Great Plains (ecoregion)

Central Great Plains
Central Great Plains (area 27 on the map)
Ecology
RealmNearctic
BiomeTemperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Borders
List
Bird species228
Mammal species88
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateTexas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska
Climate typeHumid continental (Dfa) and humid subtropical (Cfa)
Conservation
Habitat loss50.68%
Protected0.48%

The Central Great Plains are a prairie ecoregion of the central United States, part of North American Great Plains. The region runs from west-central Texas through west-central Oklahoma, central Kansas, and south-central Nebraska.

It is designated as the Central and Southern Mixed Grasslands ecoregion by the World Wide Fund for Nature.