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 Northern Minnesota Wetlands, 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).
| North Central Hardwood Forests | |
|---|---|
 Area 51 on map | |
| Ecology | |
| Realm | Nearctic |
| Biome | temperate broadleaf and mixed forests |
| Geography | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan |
See also
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edit- ^ "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.