page_title: Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
hierarchical_section_title: Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
caption_attribution_description: English: Chimney Top Rock, Red River Gorge, KY
context_page_description: The Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests is an ecoregion of the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund. It consists of mesophytic plants west of the Appalachian Mountains in the Southeastern United States.
  This ecoregion consists of the following EPA level III ecoregions:
  Southwestern Appalachians
  Central Appalachians
  Western Allegheny Plateau
context_section_description: The Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests is an ecoregion of the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund. It consists of mesophytic plants west of the Appalachian Mountains in the Southeastern United States.
  This ecoregion consists of the following EPA level III ecoregions:
  Southwestern Appalachians (ecoregion)
  Central Appalachians (ecoregion)
  Western Allegheny Plateau (ecoregion)
caption: Hanson's Point in the Red River Gorge, Kentucky
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