All of Mexico except for the most isolated desert regions has been profoundly altered by ranching, grazing, farming, firewood gathering, deforestation, rare plant robbery (especially cacti, palms, orchids & bromeliads) etc. Most affected have been the Oak-Pine and Tropical Evergreen and Deciduous Forest zones. This map shows what used to be, or what exists in small patches only, except for the most arid, not irrigated places.