Atlantic mixed forests

Atlantic mixed forests
Atlantic mixed forests
	Forest Domaniale de Desvres, France
	Location of the ecoregion (in purple)
Ecology
Realm	Palearctic
Biome	temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Borders	List Alps conifer and mixed forests; Baltic mixed forests; Cantabrian mixed forests; Central European mixed forests; Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests; Western European broadleaf forests;
Geography
Area	380,246 km2 (146,814 sq mi)
Countries	List Belgium; Denmark; France; Germany; Netherlands;
Conservation
Conservation status	critical/endangered
Protected	59,657 km2 (16%)

The Atlantic mixed forests is a terrestrial ecoregion in western Europe. It extends along the western edge of continental Europe, from southwestern France through northern France, Belgium, the Netherlands, northwestern Germany, and western Denmark. Most of the region's forests and dunes have been converted to fields, pastures, and forest plantations, and its once-extensive wetlands have mostly been drained and filled.

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