North Central Hardwood Forests (ecoregion)
North Central Hardwood Forests | |
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Ecology | |
Realm | Nearctic |
Biome | temperate broadleaf and mixed forests |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan |
The North Central Hardwood Forests are a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion (no. 51 in the EPA Level III ecoregions of the United States) in central Minnesota,[1] central Wisconsin,[2] and northwestern Lower Michigan,[3] embedded between (clockwise) the Western Corn Belt Plains in the south, the Northern Glaciated Plains, the Red River Valley, the , and the Northern Lakes and Forests (ecoregion 50, approx. identical with WWF's Western Great Lakes forests). It forms the northern part of the upper Midwest forest-savanna transition, which also includes regions 52 (Driftless Area) and 53 (Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains).
See also[]
- Big Woods
- Upper Wolf River Stagnation Moraine
- Green Bay Till and Lacustrine Plain
- Door Peninsula
- Hardwood
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Natural history of Minnesota
References[]
- ^ "Minnesota level III and IV ecoregions" (PDF). United States Environmental Protection Agency. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "Level III and IV ecoregions of Wisconsin" (PDF). United States Environmental Protection Agency. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-04-21.
- ^ "Level III and IV ecoregions of Michigan" (PDF). United States Environmental Protection Agency. June 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-04-21.
- "Minnesota Ecoregions". RMB Environmental Laboratories.
- "Understanding Lakes". lakeaccess.org.
Categories:
- Ecoregions of the United States
- Ecoregions of Michigan
- Ecoregions of Minnesota
- Ecoregions of Wisconsin