Setting
The Veracruz moist forests cover an area of 69,101 km2 (26,680 sq mi), occupying a portion of Mexico's Gulf Coastal Plain between the Sierra Madre Oriental and the Gulf of Mexico. The forests extend from southern Tamaulipas state across northern Veracruz, eastern San Luis Potosí, and portions of eastern Hidalgo and northeastern Puebla.
To the north, the forests transition to the dry lowland Tamaulipan mezquital and the upland Tamaulipan matorral. To the east, the Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests occupy the higher elevations of the Sierra Madre Oriental. South of the gap where the Panuco River cuts through the Sierra Madre, the Veracruz montane forests and Oaxacan montane forests occupy middle slopes of the Sierra. The Veracruz dry forests separate the Veracruz moist forests from the Petén-Veracruz moist forests further south.
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