Ozark Mountain forests

{{Short description|Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of Arkansas and Okhaloma, United States}}

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| name = Ozark Mountain forests

| image = Talimenavista1.jpg

| image_caption = Ouachita Mountains in Oklahoma

| country = United States

| state = Arkansas

| state1 = Oklahoma

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| bird_species = 191

{{cite book |last1 = Hoekstra |first1 = J. M. |last2 = Molnar |first2 = J. L. |last3 = Jennings |first3 = M. |last4 = Revenga |first4 = C. |last5 = Spalding |first5 = M. D. |last6 = Boucher |first6 = T. M. |last7 = Robertson |first7 = J. C. |last8 = Heibel |first8 = T. J. |last9 = Ellison |first9 = K. |title = The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference |publisher = University of California Press |editor1-last = Molnar |editor1-first = J. L. |year = 2010 |isbn = 978-0-520-26256-0 |url = https://archive.org/details/atlasofglobalcon0000unse |url-access = registration }}

| mammal_species = 61

| habitat_loss = 25.522

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| protected = 20.57

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| area = 62000

| biogeographic_realm = Nearctic

| biome = Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

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| coordinates = {{coord|35|-94|region:US_scale:5000000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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The Ozark Mountain forests are a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of the central United States delineated by the World Wide Fund for Nature. The ecoregion covers an area of 23,900 square miles (62,000 square kilometers) in northern Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.

The Boston Mountains and Ouachita Mountains are the main mountain ranges of the region.

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