English Lowlands beech forests
The English Lowlands beech forests is a terrestrial ecoregion in the United Kingdom, as defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the European Environment Agency (EEA). It covers 45,600 km2 (17,600 sq mi) of Southern England, approximately as far as the border with Devon and South Wales in the west, into the Severn valley in the north-west, into the East Midlands in the north, and up to the border of Norfolk in the north-east. The WWF code for this ecoregion is PA0421.
| English Lowlands beech forests | |
|---|---|
Mallard Wood, New Forest | |
Location of the English Lowlands beech forests | |
| Ecology | |
| Realm | Palearctic |
| Biome | temperate broadleaf and mixed forests |
| Borders | Celtic broadleaf forests |
| Geography | |
| Area | 45,600 km2 (17,600 sq mi) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Conservation | |
| Conservation status | critical/endangered |
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