Veracruz montane forests
The Veracruz montane forests (Spanish: Bosques montanos de Veracruz) is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in eastern Mexico. It includes a belt of montane tropical forest on the eastern slope of the southern Sierra Madre Oriental and eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ranges. These forests lie between the lowland Veracruz moist forests and the pine-oak forests of the higher mountains.
| Veracruz montane forests | |
|---|---|
Location of the Veracruz montane forests ecoregion | |
| Ecology | |
| Realm | Neotropical |
| Biome | tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests |
| Borders | |
| Geography | |
| Area | 4,942 km2 (1,908 sq mi) |
| Country | Mexico |
| States | |
| Conservation | |
| Conservation status | Critical/endangered |
| Protected | 303 km² (6%) |
The Veracruz montane forests are the northernmost tropical montane moist forests in North America.
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