South Central Rockies forests

South Central Rockies forests
Subalpine forest in Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming
Ecology
Realm	Nearctic
Biome	Temperate coniferous forest
Borders	List Blue Mountains forests Great Basin shrub steppe Montana Valley and Foothill grasslands North Central Rockies forests Northern short grasslands Palouse grasslands Snake-Columbia shrub steppe Wyoming Basin shrub steppe Wasatch and Uinta montane forests
Bird species	201[1]
Mammal species	99[1]
Geography
Country	United States
States	Montana Idaho Wyoming South Dakota
Conservation
Habitat loss	1.6644%[1]
Protected	82.66%[1]

The South Central Rockies forests is a temperate coniferous forest ecoregion of the United States located mainly in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana. It has a considerably drier climate than the North Central Rockies forest.