Northern Cordillera forests

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Northern Cordillera forests
Coniferous forest and deciduous shrubs along the Stewart–Cassiar Highway near Good Hope Lake
Ecology
Realm	Nearctic
Biome	Boreal forests/taiga
Borders	List Alaska-St. Elias Range tundra Alberta-British Columbia foothills forests Central British Columbia Mountain forests Interior Yukon-Alaska alpine tundra Muskwa-Slave Lake forests Northern transitional alpine forests Northwest Territories taiga Ogilvie-MacKenzie alpine tundra Pacific Coastal Mountain icefields and tundra Yukon Interior dry forests
Bird species	165 [1]
Mammal species	55 [1]
Geography
Area	262,884 km2 (101,500 sq mi)
Country	Canada
Provinces/territories	British Columbia, Northwest Territories, and Yukon
Climate type	Subarctic
Conservation
Conservation status	Vulnerable
Habitat loss	0%[1]
Protected	11.6%[1]

Northern Cordillera forests is a taiga ecoregion that extends across the northern interior of British Columbia, southern Yukon, and a small area of the Northwest Territories as defined by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) categorization system.