Veracruz montane forests | |
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Ecology | |
Realm | Neotropical |
Biome | tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests |
Borders | |
Geography | |
Area | 4,942 km2 (1,908 sq mi) |
Country | Mexico |
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Conservation | |
Conservation status | Critical/endangered |
Protected | 303 km² (6%)[1] |
The Veracruz montane forests (Spanish: Bosques montanos de Veracruz) is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in eastern Mexico. It includes a belt of montane tropical forest on the eastern slope of the southern Sierra Madre Oriental and eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ranges. These forests lie between the lowland Veracruz moist forests and the pine-oak forests of the higher mountains.
The Veracruz montane forests are the northernmost tropical montane moist forests in North America.[2]