Phytogeography and Vegetation Ecology of Cuba

ALAIN Alliance annual precipitation Antilles areas association belt BHIDI Borhidi and Muñiz Borhidi in Borhidi BRITT Caribbean Central Characteristic species climate coastal Coccothrinax communities Number Continued cover Cuba Cuban cubensis developed distribution District dry months ecological effect elements endemic epiphytes Eugenia evergreen forests example flora formation formed genera geographical grasslands GRISEB height herb layer important island JACQ layer LEÓN life-form limestone lowland montane rainforests mossy forests mountains Nipe nipensis northern nova Number of relevés occur Oriente original period Photo pine Pinus plants province range regions represented RICH rocks Samek savannas sclerophyllous scrub seasonal serpentine shaferi shrub Sierra Sierra Maestra soils South southern species structure studied swamp Tabebuia Table Table 25 temperature trees tropical vegetation types West western WILS woodland wrightii zone