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mesophytic forests Hansons Point.JPG Hanson's Point in the Red
River Gorge, Kentucky Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
map.svg Biome Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest Bird species
200[1] Mammal species 73[1] Area 192,200 km2 (74,200 sq mi)
Country United States Habitat loss 14.8%[1] Protected 8.37%[1]
The Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests is an ecoregion of the
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Biome, as defined by the
World Wildlife Fund. It consists of mesophytic plants west of
the Appalachian Mountains in the Southeastern United States.
This ecoregion consists of the following EPA level III
ecoregions:   This ecoregion is located in the plains and hill
country west of the Appalachians in northwest Alabama and east
central Tennessee, eastern Kentucky, western North Carolina and
Virginia, most of West Virginia, western Maryland, southeastern
Ohio and western Pennsylvania. T