NP POPOCATEPETL - IZTACCIHUATL
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests (NT0310)

Location:

Neotropics

Biome:

Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests

Size:

NP: 25,679 ha
Status: Critical/ Endangered
General: Central Mexico—states of Jalisco, Nayarit, Michoacan, Guanajuato, Mexico, Morelos, Puebla, and Veracruz.
Special: This area became a National Park in 1948
Climate: 88%  Temperate, semicold Climate
12% Temperate subhumid Climate
Fauna:

Volcano rabit (Romerolagus diazi)

Flora: 64%  Pine forest
12% Oyamel forest (Abies religiosa)
11% Agricultural exploitation
6%  Mountain prairie
7% Others
Dangers: Agricultural pressure, extensive grazing
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