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North Central Hardwood Forests

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The North Central Hardwood Forests ecoregion is transitional between the predominantly forested Northern Lakes and Forests (50) to the north and the agricultural ecoregions to the south. Land use/land cover in this ecoregion consists of a mosaic forests, wetlands and lakes, cropland agriculture, pasture, and dairy operations. The growing season is generally longer and warmer than that of Ecoregion 50 and the soils are more arable and fertile, contributing to the greater agricultural component of land use. Lake trophic states tend to be higher here than in the Northern Lakes and Forests, with higher percentages in eutrophic and hypereutrophic classes.

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