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
Mexicostates 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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