Interior Low Plateaus

Interior Low Plateaus
Interior Low Plateaus
	Hoosier National Forest
Ecology
Biome	Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Borders	List Central forest-grasslands transition; Southern Great Lakes forests; Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests; Southeastern mixed forests; Mississippi lowland forests; Ozark Mountain forests;
Bird species	203
Mammal species	69
Geography
Area	296,000 km2 (114,000 sq mi)
Country	United States
States	List Missouri; Illinois; Indiana; Ohio; Kentucky; Tennessee; Mississippi; Alabama; Arkansas; Oklahoma;
Conservation
Habitat loss	46.522%
Protected	7.01%

The Interior Low Plateaus are a physiographic region in eastern United States. It consists of a diverse landscape that extends from north Alabama across central Tennessee and Kentucky into southern Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Its natural communities are a matrix of temperate forests, woodlands, and prairies.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hoekstra, J. M.; Molnar, J. L.; Jennings, M.; Revenga, C.; Spalding, M. D.; Boucher, T. M.; Robertson, J. C.; Heibel, T. J.; Ellison, K. (2010). Molnar, J. L. (ed.). The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26256-0.

[Atlas-1] Hoekstra, J. M.; Molnar, J. L.; Jennings, M.; Revenga, C.; Spalding, M. D.; Boucher, T. M.; Robertson, J. C.; Heibel, T. J.; Ellison, K. (2010). Molnar, J. L. (ed.). The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26256-0.

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