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Cuban moist forests : ウィキペディア英語版 | Cuban moist forests
The Cuban moist forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion that occupies on Cuba and Isla de la Juventud. The ecoregion receives more than of rainfall annually, and does not have a dry season. Soils are usually derived from quartz, limestone, or serpentinites. Cuban moist forests can be differentiated into lowland forests (sea level to ), sub-montane forests (), and montane forests (). ==Lowland forests== Lowland forests are found at elevations from sea level to and reach heights of . They consist of three tree stories. The upper story includes achiotillo (''Alchornea latifolia''), najesí (''Carapa guianensis'') and acana (''Manilkara valenzuelana''); the middle story has tagua-tagua (''Diospyros caribaea''), ''Ocotea floribunda'', ''Oxandra laurifolia'', ''Talauma minor'', ''Terminalia'' spp. and ''Ficus'' spp.; and the lower story has a number of species of tree ferns, Myrtaceae and Melastomataceae. Epiphytes are abundant and varied, including the endemic ''Hymenodium crinitum'', ''Oleandra articulata'', ''Columnea tincta'', and ''Psychotria pendula''. Typical palms are ''Calyptronoma plumeriana'', ''Prestoea acuminata'' var. ''montana'' and ''Bactris cubensis''. ''Heliconia'' species, mosses, and liverworts are also important plants.〔
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