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Hispaniolan moist forests, the Glossary

The Hispaniolan moist forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion on the island of Hispaniola.^[1]

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Abarema glauca

Abarema glauca, the glaucous abarema, is a tree species in the legume family (Fabaceae).

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Alchornea latifolia

Alchornea latifolia is a species of tree in the family Euphorbiaceae.

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American kestrel

The American kestrel (Falco sparverius), is the smallest and most common falcon in North America.

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Antillean siskin

The Antillean siskin (Spinus dominicensis) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae, and the only species of the genus Spinus found in the Caribbean.

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Artibonite River

The Artibonite River (French: Fleuve Artibonite; Spanish: Río Artibonito; Haitian Creole: Latibonit) is the longest river in Haiti, and the longest on the island of Hispaniola.

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Bat

Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera.

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Brunellia comocladifolia

Brunellia comocladifolia, commonly known as the West Indian sumac, is a species of tree in the family Brunelliaceae.

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Buchenavia capitata

Buchenavia capitata is a tree of the Caribbean and northeastern South-American regions.

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Calcareous

Calcareous is an adjective meaning "mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate", in other words, containing lime or being chalky.

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Calophyllum brasiliense

Calophyllum brasiliense (guanandi) is a species of plant in the family Calophyllaceae.

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Cashew

Cashew is the common name of a tropical evergreen tree Anacardium occidentale, in the family Anacardiaceae.

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Chionanthus

Chionanthus, common name: fringetrees, is a genus of about 140 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae.

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Citharexylum spinosum

Citharexylum spinosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Verbenaceae that is native to southern Florida in the United States, the Caribbean, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

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Coccoloba pubescens, known as grandleaf seagrape, largeleaf, mountain-grape, and Eve's umbrella, is a species of Coccoloba native to coastal regions of the Caribbean: on Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Hispaniola, Martinique, Montserrat, and Puerto Rico.

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Cuban flower bat

The Cuban flower bat (Phyllonycteris poeyi), also called Poey's flower bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.

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Curatella

Curatella americana, commonly known as the wild cashew tree, sambaı́ba, and the sandpaper tree, is a species of tree in the family Dilleniaceae.

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Cyathea

Cyathea is a genus of tree ferns, the type genus of the fern order Cyatheales.

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Deux Mamelles National Park

Deux Mamelles National Park (French: Parc National Naturel de Deux Mamelles) is a national park in Haiti established on September 23, 2015 with an area of.

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Didymopanax morototoni

Didymopanax morototoni (yagrumo macho) is a timber tree native to southern Mexico, the Greater Antilles, Central America, and South America.

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Diospyros revoluta

Diospyros revoluta is a species of plant in the family Ebenaceae. Hispaniolan moist forests and Diospyros revoluta are Flora of Hispaniola.

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Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a North American country on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean.

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Eastern chat-tanager

The eastern chat-tanager (Calyptophilus frugivorus) is a Near Threatened species of passerine bird belonging to the family Calyptophilidae.

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Ecoregion

An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm.

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Epiphyte

An epiphyte is a plant or plant-like organism that grows on the surface of another plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it.

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Frodinia tremula

Frodinia tremula is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae.

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Garrya fadyenii

Garrya fadyenii is a species of flowering shrub known by the common name Fadyen's silktassel.

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Genipa americana

Genipa americana is a species of trees in the family Rubiaceae.

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Greater Antilles mangroves

The Greater Antilles mangroves is a mangrove ecoregion that includes the coastal mangrove forests of the Greater Antilles – Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. Hispaniolan moist forests and Greater Antilles mangroves are ecoregions of Haiti and ecoregions of the Dominican Republic.

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Green-tailed warbler

The green-tailed warbler (Microligea palustris), also known as the green-tailed ground-tanager, is a species of bird of the family Phaenicophilidae, the Hispaniolan tanagers.

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Guarea guidonia

Guarea guidonia is a species of flowering plant in the family Meliaceae.

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Guazuma ulmifolia

Guazuma ulmifolia, commonly known as West Indian elm or bay cedar, is a medium-sized tree normally found in pastures and disturbed forests.

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Haematoxylum campechianum

Haematoxylum campechianum (blackwood, bloodwood tree, bluewood, campeachy tree, campeachy wood, campeche logwood, campeche wood, Jamaica wood, logwood or logwood tree) is a species of flowering tree in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is native to southern Mexico, and introduced to the Caribbean, northern Central America, and other localities around the world.

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Haiti

Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas.

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Hippeastrum puniceum

Hippeastrum puniceum is a bulbous perennial native to tropical regions of South America, although it has become naturalized elsewhere.

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Hispaniola

Hispaniola (also) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles.

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Hispaniolan amazon

The Hispaniolan parrot (Amazona ventralis), also known as Hispaniolan amazon, is a species of psittaciform bird of the family Psittacidae endemic to Hispaniola, which includes the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

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Hispaniolan crossbill

The Hispaniolan crossbill (Loxia megaplaga) is a crossbill that is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and the only representative of the Loxia genus in the Caribbean.

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Hispaniolan dry forests

The Hispaniolan dry forests are a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion on the island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti). Hispaniolan moist forests and Hispaniolan dry forests are ecoregions of Haiti, ecoregions of the Caribbean, ecoregions of the Dominican Republic, Flora of Hispaniola and geography of Hispaniola.

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Hispaniolan hutia

The Hispaniolan hutia (Plagiodontia aedium) is a small, threatened, rat-like mammal endemic to forests on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic).

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Hispaniolan lizard cuckoo

The Hispaniolan lizard cuckoo (Coccyzus longirostris) is a species of bird in the tribe Phaenicophaeini, subfamily Cuculinae of the cuckoo family Cuculidae.

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Hispaniolan palm crow

The Hispaniolan palm crow (Corvus palmarum) is a relatively small corvid endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in Haiti and the Dominican Republic) where it was formerly very frequent, but is now reduced in population.

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Hispaniolan parakeet

The Hispaniolan parakeet (Psittacara chloropterus) is a Vulnerable species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots.

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Hispaniolan pewee

The Hispaniolan pewee (Contopus hispaniolensis) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae (flycatcher) family.

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Hispaniolan pine forests

The Hispaniolan pine forests are a subtropical coniferous forest ecoregion found on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, which is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Hispaniolan moist forests and Hispaniolan pine forests are ecoregions of Haiti, ecoregions of the Caribbean and ecoregions of the Dominican Republic.

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Hispaniolan solenodon

The Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), also known as the agouta, is a small, furry, shrew-like mammal endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti).

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Hispaniolan trogon

The Hispaniolan trogon (Priotelus roseigaster), also known as cacos is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae.

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Hispaniolan woodpecker

The Hispaniolan woodpecker (Melanerpes striatus) is a medium-sized woodpecker endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti).

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Hymenaea courbaril

Hymenaea courbaril, the courbaril or West Indian locust, is a tree common in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. It is a hardwood that is used for furniture, flooring, and decoration. Its hard fruit pods have edible dry pulp surrounding the seeds. Its sap, called animé, is used for incense, perfume, and varnish.

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Ialtris

Ialtris is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.

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IUCN protected area categories

IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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Jaragua National Park

Jaragua National Park (Parque Nacional Jaragua) is a Dominican national park located in Pedernales Province, in the extreme southwest of the Dominican Republic.

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La Gran Sabana National Park

La Gran Sabana National Park is a protected area in the Dominican Republic.

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La Selle thrush

The La Selle thrush (Turdus swalesi) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti).

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Laterite

Laterite is a soil type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas.

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Los Haitises National Park

Los Haitises National Park is a national park located on the remote northeast coast of the Dominican Republic that was established in 1976.

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Maclura tinctoria

Maclura tinctoria, known as old fustic and dyer's mulberry, is a medium to large tree of the Neotropics, from Mexico to Argentina.

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Manilkara bidentata

Manilkara bidentata is a species of Manilkara native to a large area of northern South America, Central America and the Caribbean.

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Massif du Nord

The Massif du Nord is the longest mountain range of Haiti.

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Narrow-billed tody

The narrow-billed tody (Todus angustirostris) is a species of bird in the family Todidae.

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Neotropical realm

The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Hispaniolan moist forests and Neotropical realm are ecoregions of the Caribbean.

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Oxandra lanceolata

Oxandra lanceolata, also known as lancewood in English and chilcahuite in Spanish, is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family.

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Palmchat

The palmchat (Dulus dominicus) is a small, long-tailed passerine bird, the only species in the genus Dulus and the family Dulidae endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti).

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Panolopus marcanoi

Panolopus marcanoi, commonly known as Marcano's galliwasp or Pico Duarte galliwasp, is a species of lizard in the family Diploglossidae.

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Parasitic plant

A parasitic plant is a plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirements from another living plant.

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Pinus occidentalis

Pinus occidentalis, also known as the Hispaniolan pine, Hispaniola pine or text, is a pine tree endemic to the island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti).

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Prestoea acuminata var. montana

Prestoea acuminata var.

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Prunus myrtifolia

Prunus myrtifolia, called the West Indies cherry or myrtle laurel cherry, is a New World species of shrubs in the family Rosaceae.

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Prunus occidentalis

Prunus occidentalis is a plant in the family Rosaceae of the order Rosales.

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Pseudalbizzia berteroana

Pseudalbizzia berteroana, the Bertero albizia, is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae.

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Red-tailed hawk

The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies.

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Roystonea borinquena

Roystonea borinquena, commonly called the Puerto Rico royal palm (Spanish: palma real puertorriqueña), is a species of palm which is native to Hispaniola (in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti), Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

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Ruddy quail-dove

The ruddy quail-dove (Geotrygon montana) is a species of bird in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae.

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Rufous-throated solitaire

The rufous-throated solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis) is a species of bird placed in the family Turdidae.

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Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros (Saint James of the Knights), often shortened to Santiago, is the second-largest city in the Dominican Republic and the fourth-largest city in the Caribbean by population.

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Savanna

A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

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Secondary forest

A secondary forest (or second-growth forest) is a forest or woodland area which has regenerated through largely natural processes after human-caused disturbances, such as timber harvest or agriculture clearing, or equivalently disruptive natural phenomena.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispaniolan_moist_forests

Also known as Hispaniolan moist forest.

, IUCN protected area categories, Jaragua National Park, La Gran Sabana National Park, La Selle thrush, Laterite, Los Haitises National Park, Maclura tinctoria, Manilkara bidentata, Massif du Nord, Narrow-billed tody, Neotropical realm, Oxandra lanceolata, Palmchat, Panolopus marcanoi, Parasitic plant, Pinus occidentalis, Prestoea acuminata var. montana, Prunus myrtifolia, Prunus occidentalis, Pseudalbizzia berteroana, Red-tailed hawk, Roystonea borinquena, Ruddy quail-dove, Rufous-throated solitaire, Santiago de los Caballeros, Savanna, Secondary forest, Sierra de Bahoruco National Park, Simarouba glauca, Stolid flycatcher, Swietenia mahagoni, Tabebuia, Terminalia buceras, Tiburon Peninsula, Trema micranthum, Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, Vervain hummingbird, Weinmannia pinnata, White-necked crow, White-winged warbler, Yaque del Norte River, Yaque del Sur River, Yuna River.

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See also

Ecoregions of Haiti

Ecoregions of the Caribbean

Ecoregions of the Dominican Republic

Flora of Hispaniola

Geography of Hispaniola

References