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The ecoregion extends from the lower slopes of the Alps to its peaks, which include Mont Blanc, at 4,809 m (15,778 ft) the highest peak in the Alps. The Alps forests are at the transition between the Mediterranean climate regions of southern Europe and the more humid and temperate Euro-Siberian region of western, central, and northern Europe. [2]
The subalpine forests in the Alps are mainly composed of four kinds of conifers: spruce, larch, Swiss pine, and mountain pine. The spruce forest is found mainly in the lower part of the subalpine zone on siliceous or sometimes calcareous subsoil when the layer of humus is sufficiently thick and acidic.
Ecoregion (WWF) Country Map Photo PA0501 Alps conifer and mixed forests [Note 1] Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia PA0503 Caledonian conifer Forest: United Kingdom PA0504 Carpathian montane conifer forests [Note 1] Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine PA0520 Scandinavian coastal conifer forests: Norway
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The following are the four terrestrial ecoregions of Austria: The cold and high elevation Alps conifer and mixed forests (PA0501) ecoregion which makes up most of western Austria is made of deep valleys covered with oak trees; an outer mountainous area with beech, fir, spruce, and pine; and an interior with larch and pine trees.
The Ötztal Alps, a mountain range in the central Alps of Europe, are part of the Central Eastern Alps, and can both be termed as ecoregions. A conifer forest in the Swiss Alps (National Park). An ecoregion is a "recurring pattern of ecosystems associated with characteristic combinations of soil and landform that characterise that region". [14]
The terrestrial ecoregions included within the larger ecoregion include: Alps conifer and mixed forests (Austria, France, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland) Apennine deciduous montane forests (Italy) Carpathian montane conifer forests (Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine) Crimean Submediterranean forest complex (Russia, Ukraine)
The Western European broadleaf forests is an ecoregion in Western Europe, and parts of the Alps. It comprises temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, that cover large areas of France, Germany and the Czech Republic and more moderately sized parts of Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and South Limburg (Netherlands). Luxembourg is also part of ...