Northeastern coastal forests
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregion of the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Northeastern coastal forests are a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of the northeast and middle Atlantic region of the United States. The ecoregion covers an area of 34,630 sq miles (89,691 km2) encompassing the Piedmont and coastal plain of seven states, extending from coastal southwestern Maine, southeastern New Hampshire, eastern Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, southward through Connecticut, New York State, New Jersey, southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.
Northeastern coastal forests | |
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Ecology | |
Realm | Nearctic |
Biome | Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests |
Borders | |
Bird species | 251[1] |
Mammal species | 63[1] |
Geography | |
Area | 89,691 km2 (34,630 sq mi) |
Country | United States |
States | |
Climate type | Humid continental (Dfa and Dfb) and humid subtropical (Cfa) |
Conservation | |
Habitat loss | 40.8%[1] |
Protected | 6.2%[1] |
The ecoregion is bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean. To the north, it transitions to the New England-Acadian forests, which cover most of northern and inland New England. To the west, the ecoregion transitions to Allegheny Highlands forests and the Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests of the Appalachian Mountains. To the south lie the Southeastern mixed forests and the Middle Atlantic coastal forests. The ecoregion surrounds the distinct Atlantic coastal pine barrens ecoregion, which covers portions of New Jersey, Long Island and Cape Cod in southeastern Massachusetts.