The Mesoamerican pine–oak forests is a composite

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of southern

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and

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, designated by the

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as one of their

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

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forests where

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and

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

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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 *

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 *

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 * Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine–oak forests

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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 Pine–oak forests {{DEFAULTSORT:Mesoamerican pine-oak forests

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