The host of this video looked at the dominant terrain and vegetation types across the continental U.S. and divided the continental U.S. into 3 main zones: dense woodland, "grassland", and desert. The dense woodland is most of the U.S. east of the Mississippi river states to the Atlantic Coast, from the Gulf coast up to Canada; and the coastal area from Washington down into Northern California. It should have also extended eastward from the top of Washington into Northern Idaho (which even includes a bit of rain forest), but that is where your local knowledge comes in useful. Plus, there is so much farmland in those areas, I suppose "grassland" may fit depending on where you live.
"Grassland" would probably be better termed savanna because it is not just the great plains, but a lot of the scrub land and forest in areas considered to be high mountain desert. Basically, it is the great plains area west through the Rocky Mountains and Intermountain regions, but also includes central California. Most of Texas falls into this region.
And the "desert" area, no surprise, includes west Texas, the lower half of New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California, while stretching north into Nevada and southern Utah. (Although I would argue that the coastal area of southern California, which is considered a Mediterranean climate, would actually be better classified as part of the "grassland"--of course, you don't have to drive too far inland and you are in some of the driest, hottest deserts in the world).
For each of these three areas, the author has a primary pick and then offers a couple alternatives plus a photo realistic hunting camo pattern. The primary isn't just driven by what is the best camo for that terrain, but the availability of the camo and tactical gear in that camo. Thus, in some categories, better camo has been dropped to an alternative because the camo clothing is hard to source and/or other gear in that pattern is hard to find. So, for the woodland he recommends M81 Woodland; for grassland he recommends the regular Multi-Cam or similar patterns adopted by other militaries; and for desert he recommends 3-Color Desert. Keep in mind, this is not just the effectiveness of the camo but availability of gear.
Beyond the three main terrain types, the host also addresses special considerations such as camo for the snow (without buying a whole different set of gear in snow or white); consideration if you live in a transition area and discussing transition camo patterns; urban areas (which is basically "no camo" as he recommends you just dress as you normally do albeit perhaps in subdued tones); and, finally, for those that are cash strapped, he basically recommends that you buy UCP gear--which can generally be had for very low prices--and then dye it.
I would note that in many of the desert and high country desert areas, a mix of clothes in flat dark earth, coyote, tans, and other earth tones seem to work well.
VIDEO: "The Best Camo Pattern for US Civilians (by Region and Terrain)"
Black Flag Civilian (21 min.)
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