The Mesoamerican pine–oak forests is a composite

ecoregion An ecoregion (ecological region) or ecozone (ecological zone) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of l ...

of southern

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and

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, designated by the

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as one of their

Global 200 The Global 200 is the list of ecoregions identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF), the global conservation organization, as priorities for conservation. According to WWF, an ecoregion is defined as a "relatively large unit of land or w ...

ecoregions, a list of priority ecoregions for conservation. These forests include montane

subtropical The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical zone, geographical and Köppen climate classification, climate zones to the Northern Hemisphere, north and Southern Hemisphere, south of the tropics. Geographically part of the Geographical z ...

forests where

pine A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The World Flora Online created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden accep ...

and

oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L ...

trees predominate, stretching across several major mountain ranges, including the

Trans-Mexican volcanic belt The Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ( es, Eje Volcánico Transversal), also known as the Transvolcanic Belt and locally as the (''Snowy Mountain Range''), is an active volcanic belt that covers central-southern Mexico. Several of its highest peaks h ...

and the

Sierra Madre del Sur The Sierra Madre del Sur is a mountain range in southern Mexico, extending from southern Michoacán east through Guerrero, to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in eastern Oaxaca. Geography The Sierra Madre del Sur joins with the Eje Volcánico Transv ...

. Ecoregions include: *

Central American montane forests The Central American montane forests are an ecoregion of the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund, located in mountains of Central America. Geography Central American montane forests consi ...

Central American pine–oak forests The Central American pine–oak forests is a tropical and subtropical coniferous forests ecoregion in the mountains of northern Central America and Chiapas state in southern Mexico. Setting The Central American pine–oak forests occupy an area ...

Chimalapas montane forests The Chimalapas montane forests is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in southern Mexico. It includes the montane tropical forests of the Chimalapas region on the boundary of Chiapas and O ...

Sierra Madre del Sur pine–oak forests The Sierra Madre del Sur pine–oak forests is a tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, subtropical coniferous forest ecoregion in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountain range of southern Mexico. Setting The Sierra Madre del Sur pine–oak fore ...

Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine–oak forests The Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine–oak forests is a tropical and subtropical coniferous forests ecoregion in Southern Mexico. It occupies the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, a mountain range which lies mostly within the state of Oaxaca, and extends no ...

Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine–oak forests The Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine–oak forests is a subtropical coniferous forest ecoregion of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt of central Mexico. Setting The Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine–oak forests occupy an area of , extending from ...

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Mesoamerican pine-oak forests (World Wildlife Fund)
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Mesoamerican pine-oak forests (World Wildlife Fund)
Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests Ecoregions of Central America Ecoregions of Mexico Natural history of Mesoamerica Ecoregions of El Salvador Ecoregions of Guatemala Ecoregions of Honduras Ecoregions of Nicaragua * * * * * * * Forests of El Salvador Forests of Mexico Forests of Nicaragua Sierra Madre de Chiapas Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt * * Neotropical ecoregions {{DEFAULTSORT:Mesoamerican pine-oak forests

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