English Lowlands beech forests

English Lowlands beech forests
Mallard Wood, New Forest
center
Location of the English Lowlands beech forests
Ecology
RealmPalearctic
Biometemperate broadleaf and mixed forests
BordersCeltic broadleaf forests
Geography
Area45,600[1] km2 (17,600 sq mi)
CountryUnited Kingdom
Conservation
Conservation statuscritical/endangered[2]

The English Lowlands beech forests is a terrestrial ecoregion in the United Kingdom, as defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the European Environment Agency (EEA).[3] It covers 45,600 km2 (17,600 sq mi) of Southern England, approximately as far as the border with Devon and South Wales in the west, into the Severn valley in the north-west, into the East Midlands in the north, and up to the border of Norfolk in the north-east.[4] The WWF code for this ecoregion is PA0421.

  1. ^ "English Lowlands beech forests". World Wildlife fund. Accessed 19 April 2020. [1]
  2. ^ "English Lowlands beech forests". World Wildlife fund. Accessed 19 April 2020. [2]
  3. ^ "English Lowlands beech forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  4. ^ European Environment Agency: Digital Map of European Ecological Regions Archived 2007-06-30 at the Wayback Machine

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