native range
Where species originated
Native range is the geographic area where a species naturally occurs without human introduction.
The term appears most often in discussions of invasive species, conservation, and wildlife management: The plant's native range extends from Mexico to southern Arizona.
Outside its native range, a species is considered introduced, exotic, or invasive.
- natural habitatWhere organisms naturally occur
- bioregionEcologically bounded territory
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- continentLarge connected landmass
ecosystem · protected area · rewilding · endemic species · taxonomy · origin · naturalized · genetic diversity · indigenous · endemic · adaptation · ecological restoration · introduced species · out of place · wildlife corridor · territoriality · breeding · flora
- Ecogeographybiome, ecoregion, ecosystem, habitat, climate zone
- plant traitsthorny, spiny, evergreen, deciduous, flowering
- wildlife ecologymigration routes, endemic species, breeding grounds, wintering grounds, nesting sites
- wildlife rangeshabitat, breeding ground, natural habitat, nesting area, feeding ground
- biogeographybioregion, endemism, dispersal, zoogeography, biogeographic
- mollusksclams, mollusk, mollusks, snail, snails