Central American pine-oak forests

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The Central American pine-oak forests is a tropical coniferous forest ecoregion of Central America and southern Mexico.

Contents 1 Setting 2 Flora 3 Fauna 4 References and external links

[edit] Setting

The Central American pine-oak forests occupy an area of 111,400 square kilometers (43,000 square miles), extending along the mountainous spine of Central America, extending from the Sierra Madre de Chiapas in Mexico's Chiapas state through the highlands of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras to central Nicaragua.

The pine-oak forests lie above 600 meters elevation, and are surrounded at lower elevations by tropical moist forests and tropical dry forests.

[edit] Flora

The Central American pine-oak forests are composed of many species characteristic of temperate North America, including oaks (Quercus spp.), pines (Pinus spp.), fir (Abies spp.), and cypress (Cupressus spp.).

[edit] Fauna

[edit] References and external links

• Central American pine-oak forests (WWF)
• Central American pine-oak forests (National Geographic)