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The Azores temperate mixed forests is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of southwestern Europe. It encompasses the Azores archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. These volcanic islands are an autonomous region of Portugal , and lie 1500 km west of the Portuguese mainland.
Map Photo PA0401 Apennine deciduous montane forests [Note 1] Italy PA0402 Atlantic mixed forests: Belgium, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Germany PA0403 Azores temperate mixed forests: Portugal PA0404 Balkan mixed forests: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey PA0405 Baltic mixed forests [Note 2]
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The following is a list of ecoregions in Portugal, including the Azores and Madeira, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). Terrestrial ecoregions [ edit ]
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The central Azores consist of the islands of Terceira, São Jorge, Pico, Faial, and Graciosa. Terceira is home to the oldest city in the Azores, Angra do Heroísmo, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The predominant species in this forest include Laurus novocanariensis, Apollonias barbujana, Ocotea foetens and Persea indica. Before human occupation the Azores were also rich in dense laurisilva forests, today these native forests are undermined by the introduced Pittosporum undulatum and Cryptomeria japonica.
Azores temperate mixed forests; C. Cantabrian mixed forests; I. Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests; M. Madeira evergreen forests; N.