Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine–oak forests

Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine–oak forests
Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine–oak forests
	Cerro San Felipe, located in Benito Juárez National Park, is important as the water source for the city of Oaxaca
	Location of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine–oak forests ecoregion
Ecology
Realm	Neotropical
Biome	tropical and subtropical coniferous forests
Borders	List Tehuacán Valley matorral; Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine–oak forests; Oaxacan montane forests; Petén–Veracruz moist forests; Southern Pacific dry forests; Sierra Madre del Sur pine–oak forests; Balsas dry forests;
Bird species	447
Mammal species	176
Geography
Area	14,300 km2 (5,500 sq mi)
Country	Mexico
Conservation
Conservation status	Critical/endangered
Habitat loss	15.078%
Protected	6.43%

The Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine–oak forests is a tropical and subtropical coniferous forests ecoregion in Southern Mexico.

It occupies the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, a mountain range which lies mostly within the state of Oaxaca, and extends north into Puebla and Veracruz states. It is one of a chain of pine–oak forest ecoregions extending along the American Cordillera from Oregon and California in the north to Nicaragua in the south.