Editing Northeastern coastal forests (section)

{{Short description|Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregion of the United States}}
{{Infobox ecoregion
| name                        = Northeastern coastal forests
| image                       = Posts Brook from Norvin Green State Forest Lower Trail.jpg
| image_size                  =    
| image_alt                   = 
| image_caption               = [[Norvin Green State Forest]] in [[New Jersey]]
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| country                     = [[United States]]
| state1                      = [[Connecticut]]
| state2                      = [[Delaware]]
| state3                      = [[Maine]]
| state4                      = [[Maryland]]
| state5                      = [[Massachusetts]]
| state6                      = [[New Hampshire]]
| state7                      = [[New Jersey]]
| state8                      = [[New York (state)|New York]]
| state9                      = [[Pennsylvania]]
| state10                     = [[Rhode Island]]
| state11                     = [[Vermont]]
| border1                     = [[New England-Acadian forests]]
| border2                     = [[Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests]]
| border3                     = [[Allegheny Highlands forests]]
| border4                     = [[Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests]]
| border5                     = [[Southeastern mixed forests]]
| border6                     = [[Middle Atlantic coastal forests]]
| border7                     = [[Atlantic coastal pine barrens]]
| bird_species                = 251<ref name = "Atlas">
{{cite book |last1 = Hoekstra |first1 = J. M. |last2 = Molnar |first2 = J. L. |last3 = Jennings |first3 = M. |last4 = Revenga |first4 = C. |last5 = Spalding |first5 = M. D. |last6 = Boucher |first6 = T. M. |last7 = Robertson |first7 = J. C. |last8 = Heibel |first8 = T. J. |last9 = Ellison |first9 = K. |title = The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference |publisher = [[University of California Press]] |editor1-last = Molnar |editor1-first = J. L. |year = 2010 |isbn = 978-0-520-26256-0 |url = https://archive.org/details/atlasofglobalcon0000unse |url-access = registration }}</ref>
| mammal_species              = 63<ref name = "Atlas"/>
| habitat_loss                = 40.8
| habitat_loss_ref            = <ref name = "Atlas"/>
| protected                   = 6.2
| protected_ref               = <ref name = "Atlas"/>
| area                        = 89691
| biogeographic_realm         = [[Nearctic realm|Nearctic]]
| biome                       = [[Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests]]
| climate                     = [[Humid continental climate|Humid continental]] (''Dfa'' and ''Dfb'') and [[humid subtropical climate|humid subtropical]] (''Cfa'')
| map                         = Northeastern coastal forests map.svg
| map_size                    = 248
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}}

The '''Northeastern coastal forests''' are a [[temperate broadleaf and mixed forests]] [[ecoregion]] of the northeast and [[middle Atlantic]] region of the United States. The ecoregion covers an area of 34,630 sq miles (89,691&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) encompassing the [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]] and [[coastal plain]] of seven states, extending from coastal southwestern [[Maine]], southeastern [[New Hampshire]], eastern [[Massachusetts]], and [[Rhode Island]], southward through [[Connecticut]], [[New York State]], [[New Jersey]], southeast [[Pennsylvania]], [[Delaware]] and [[Maryland]].

The ecoregion is bounded on the east by the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. To the north, it transitions to the [[New England-Acadian forests]], which cover most of northern and inland [[New England]]. To the west, the ecoregion transitions to [[Allegheny Highlands forests]] and the [[Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests]] of the [[Appalachian Mountains]]. To the south lie the [[Southeastern mixed forests]] and the [[Middle Atlantic coastal forests]]. The ecoregion surrounds the distinct [[Atlantic coastal pine barrens]] ecoregion, which covers portions of [[New Jersey]], [[Long Island]] and [[Cape Cod]] in southeastern [[Massachusetts]].