Temperate coniferous forests ecoregion of the United States
This article is about the Piney Woods ecoregion in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. For other uses, see Piney Woods (disambiguation).
Piney Woods
Satellite image of North America with the Piney Woods eco-region discernible in distinct dark green.
South Central Plains (EPA ecoregion)
Ecology
Realm
Nearctic
Biome
Temperate coniferous forest
Borders
List
Mississippi lowland forests
Western Gulf coastal grasslands
East Central Texas forests
Texas blackland prairies
Central forest-grasslands transition
Ozark Mountain forests
Bird species
205[1]
Mammal species
60[1]
Geography
Area
140,900 km2 (54,400 sq mi)
Country
United States
States
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Coordinates
32°N94°W / 32°N 94°W / 32; -94
Climate type
Humid subtropical (Cfa)
Conservation
Habitat loss
22.235%[1]
Protected
11.03%[1]
The Piney Woods is a temperate coniferous forest terrestrial ecoregion in the Southern United States covering 54,400 square miles (141,000 km2) of East Texas, southern Arkansas, western Louisiana, and southeastern Oklahoma. These coniferous forests are dominated by several species of pine as well as hardwoods including hickory and oak. Historically the most dense part of this forest region was the Big Thicket though the lumber industry dramatically reduced the forest concentration in this area and throughout the Piney Woods during the 19th and 20th centuries. The World Wide Fund for Nature considers the Piney Woods to be one of the critically endangered ecoregions of the United States.[2] The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines most of this ecoregion as the South Central Plains.
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