Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests

Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests
Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area in Quebec in fall

Ecology
Biome	Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Borders	Eastern forest-boreal transition New England-Acadian forests Northeastern coastal forests Allegheny Highlands forests Southern Great Lakes forests
Bird species	220
Mammal species	56
Geography
Area	116,400 km² (44,900 sq mi)
Countries	United States and Canada
States/Provinces	Vermont, New York, Ontario and Quebec
Conservation
Habitat loss	54.4%
Protected	2.23%

The Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregion of North America, mostly in eastern Canada.

This area includes much of northern New York state (save for the Adirondacks), western Vermont, the Saint Lawrence Lowlands in southern Quebec and most of southern Ontario between Lake Ontario and Georgian Bay on Lake Huron. The region includes the Frontenac Axis, the Niagara Escarpment up to Manitoulin Island on Lake Huron, and Lake Simcoe. Meanwhile, the forests south of Lake Ontario are classified as the Southern Great Lakes forests ecoregion and in Canada the higher elevations of the Canadian Appalachian Mountains and the Laurentian Mountains constitute the Eastern Canadian forests.

This region has warm summers and cold, snowy winters.

This ecoregion is a transition area between the taiga to the north and the temperate deciduous forest to the south and thus contains a variety of habitats including freshwater marshes, dunes, bogs, fens, and hardwood and conifer swamps. Trees of the woodland include eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), pines, maple, and oaks. Particular areas include the oak/pine mix of the Albany Pine Bush, areas of dry rocky alvar plain, and the white cedars (Thuja occidentalis) of the Niagara Escarpment.