Central U.S. hardwood forests

Central U.S. hardwood forests
Central U.S. hardwood forests
	Hoosier National Forest
Ecology
Realm	Nearctic
Biome	Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Borders	List Central forest-grasslands transition; Southern Great Lakes forests; Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests; Southeastern mixed forests; Mississippi lowland forests; Ozark Mountain forests;
Bird species	203
Mammal species	69
Geography
Area	296,000 km2 (114,000 sq mi)
Country	United States
States	List Missouri; Illinois; Indiana; Ohio; Kentucky; Tennessee; Mississippi; Alabama; Arkansas; Oklahoma;
Climate type	Humid continental (Dfa) and humid subtropical (Cfa)
Conservation
Habitat loss	46.522%
Protected	7.01%

The central U.S. hardwood forests comprise a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion in the Eastern United States, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund. It has one of the most diverse herbaceous plant floras of ecoregions in North America.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hoekstra, J. M.; Molnar, J. L.; Jennings, M.; Revenga, C.; Spalding, M. D.; Boucher, T. M.; Robertson, J. C.; Heibel, T. J.; Ellison, K. (2010). Molnar, J. L. (ed.). The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26256-0.