Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests

Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests
Pont d'Espagne waterfall near Cauterets, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Location of the Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests
Ecology
Realm	Palearctic
Biome	temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Borders	List Atlantic mixed forests Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests Northeast Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests Cantabrian mixed forests Western European broadleaf forests
Geography
Area	25,931 km2 (10,012 sq mi)
Countries	Andorra France Spain
Autonomous communities of Spain	Aragon Catalonia Navarre
Conservation
Conservation status	vulnerable
Global 200	European-Mediterranean montane mixed forest
Protected	3,863 km2 (15%)[1]

The Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion in southwestern Europe. It extends along the Pyrenees mountains which run east and west along the border between France and Spain, and includes all Andorra. The ecoregion extends from the lower slopes of the Pyrenees to its highest peaks, which include Aneto (3,404 m), Posets (3,375 m), and Vignemale (3,298 m).

The Pyrenees forests are at the transition between the Mediterranean climate regions of Spain and France, which lie to the south and east, and the more humid and temperate forests of Western Europe, which lie to the west and north.^[2]