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Trinidad and Tobago dry forest on Chacachacare showing the dry-season deciduous nature of the vegetation. Dry forests tend to exist in the drier areas north and south of the tropical rainforest belt, south or north of the subtropical deserts, generally in two bands: one between 10° and 20°N latitude and the other between 10° and 20°S latitude.
The Madagascar dry deciduous forests represent a tropical dry forest ecoregion situated in the western and northern part of Madagascar.The area has high numbers of endemic plant and animal species but has suffered large-scale clearance for agriculture.
The Ecuadorian dry forests are in the neotropical realm, in the tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests biome. [2] The ecoregion is part of the Tumbes–Chocó–Magdalena biodiversity hotspot , one of 25 biogeographic regions globally that have with a significant reservoir of biodiversity under threat from humans. [ 6 ]
The Puerto Rican dry forests are a tropical dry forest ecoregion located in southwestern and eastern Puerto Rico and on the offshore islands. [3] They cover an area of 1,300 km 2 (500 sq mi). [2] These forests grow in areas receiving less than 1,000 mm (39 in) of rain annually.
Hawaiian tropical dry forests are a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Hawaiian Islands. They cover an area of 6,600 km 2 (2,500 sq mi) on the leeward side of the main islands and the summits of Niʻihau and Kahoʻolawe .
The Lesser Sundas deciduous forests is a tropical dry forest ecoregion in Indonesia. The ecoregion includes the islands of Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo, Flores, and Alor, along with the many adjacent smaller islands. [3] [4] [5]
The Atlantic dry forests are dense, with deciduous and semi-deciduous trees reaching up to 25 to 30 meters in height. The Barriguda Tree, Cavanillesia arborea, is a dry forest tree species distinguished by its huge, bottle-shaped trunk which reaches up to 1.5 meters in diameter.
The Hispaniolan dry forests are a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion on the island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti). They cover 15,123 km 2 (5,839 sq mi), around 20% of the island's area.