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Cuban dry forests : ウィキペディア英語版 | Cuban dry forests
The Cuban dry forests are a tropical dry forest ecoregion that occupies on Cuba and Isla de la Juventud. The ecoregion receives of rainfall annually. Cuban dry forests can be differentiated into evergreen forests, semi-deciduous forests, mogotes, and sclerophyllous low forests. ==Evergreen forests== Less than 30% of all trees lose their leaves in evergreen forests, and there are few epiphytes or lianas. It is classified according to leaf length as being either mesophyllous (leaves ) or microphyllous (leaves ). Mesophyllous forest occurs at elevations from sea level to or . The canopy reaches a height of , while certain trees such as palms emerge at . The upper layer of trees in Sierra del Rosario includes aguacatillo (''Alchornea latifolia''), ocuje (''Calophyllum antillanum''), jocuma (''Sideroxylon foetidissimum'') and macurije (''Matayba oppositifolia''). Yaya (''Oxandra lanceolata''), ''Wallenia laurifolia'', ramón de caballo (''Trophis racemosa'') and ''Ficus'' species grow in the lower layer. Microphyllous evergreen forest establishes itself over coastal limestone. It has evergreen and deciduous trees that reach a height of or , some thorny shrubs, arborescent cacti, other succulents, epiphytes and dry lianas. Trees include júcaro espinoso (''Bucida molinetii''), cúrbana (''Canella winterana''), guayacán negro (''Guaiacum sanctum''), yaití (''Gymnanthes lucida''), cerillo (''Hypelate trifoliata''), soplillo (''Lysiloma latisiliquum''), guao de costa (''Metopium toxiferum''), almácigo (''Bursera simaruba''), caguairán amarillo (''Hymenaea torrei''), uvillón (''Coccoloba diversifolia''), and miraguanos (''Coccothrinax'' spp.). Tuna (''Opuntia stricta'') is an important understory species.〔
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