Central Pacific coastal forests

Central Pacific coastal forests
Central Pacific coastal forests
	Sitka spruce forest of Cape Meares, Oregon
Ecology
Realm	Nearctic
Biome	Temperate coniferous forests
Borders	List British Columbia mainland coastal forests; Klamath-Siskiyou forests; Northern California coastal forests; Puget lowland forests; Willamette Valley forests;
Bird species	218
Mammal species	74
Geography
Area	73,815 km2 (28,500 sq mi)
Countries	Canada; United States;
State/Province	British Columbia; Oregon; Washington;
Climate type	Oceanic (Cfb) and warm-summer Mediterranean (Csb)
Conservation
Conservation status	Critical/Endangered
Global 200	Yes
Habitat loss	0.4%
Protected	28.7%

The Central Pacific coastal forests is a temperate coniferous forest ecoregion located in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) categorization system.

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