Alps conifer and mixed forests

Alps conifer and mixed forests
Alps conifer and mixed forests
	Berchtesgaden National Park
	Location of the Alps conifer and mixed forests
Ecology
Realm	Palearctic
Biome	temperate coniferous forests
Borders	List Dinaric Mountains mixed forests; Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests; Northeast Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests; Pannonian mixed forests; Po Basin mixed forests; Western European broadleaf forests;
Geography
Area	149,872 km2 (57,866 sq mi)
Countries	List Austria; France; Germany; Italy; Liechtenstein; Slovenia; Switzerland;
Conservation
Conservation status	Vulnerable
Global 200	European-Mediterranean montane mixed forest
Protected	40,470 km² (27%)

The Alps conifer and mixed forests is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion in central Europe. It extends along the Alps mountains through portions of France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Liechtenstein, Austria, and Slovenia. The ecoregion extends from the lower slopes of the Alps to its peaks, which include Mont Blanc, at 4,809 m (15,778 ft) the highest peak in the Alps.

The Alps forests are at the transition between the Mediterranean climate regions of southern Europe and the more humid and temperate Euro-Siberian region of western, central, and northern Europe.

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