SIERRA NANCHITITLA
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests (NT0310)

Location:

Neotropics

Biome:

Tropical and Subtr. Coniferous Forests

Size:

Ecos. :91,800 square Km,  Reserve: 280 sq.km
Status: Critical/ Endangered
General: Central Mexico—states of Jalisco, Nayarit, Michoacan, Guanajuato, Mexico, Morelos, Puebla, and Veracruz.
Special: Sierra Nanchititla lies in Estado Mexico and has been protected since 1977 as Natural Park
59%  Hot subhumid Climate
41% Temperate subhumid Climate
Fauna: Stable population of Puma concolor
Flora: 49%  Predominantly pine forest
34% Predominantly oak forest
17% Other
Dangers: Settlements, agricultural pressure, grazing
     
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