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Bioma
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
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Reino biogeográfico
Neotropic
Matagal costeiro baixo sobre calcário acima de uma enseada turquesa em Porte d'Enfer, Guadalupe.
Foto da região - Zivax / Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 3.0; attribution required.

Caribbean shrublands

Caribbean shrublands
A ecorregião dos matagais do Caribe é uma faixa neotropical de matagal xerófilo distribuída pelas ilhas baixas e secas do Caribe, entre elas as Ilhas Cayman, a totalidade de Barbados, as Ilhas de Barlavento costeiras (partes de Granada, Santa Lúcia, Martinica, Dominica e Trinidad) e boa parte das Ilhas de Sotavento, de Grande-Terre e Marie-Galante em Guadalupe até Antígua, Anguilla, São Martinho, São Bartolomeu e as Ilhas Virgens orientais. Sua vegetação é de caráter seral, indo do cordão costeiro herbáceo, passando por matagais e savanas, até a floresta litorânea, e insere-se num cenário insular mais amplo de florestas secas tropicais e manguezais. O clima é quente e tropical, com as Ilhas Cayman sob um regime úmido, uma estação chuvosa definida de maio a novembro e ventos alísios persistentes. A ecorregião possui um notável endemismo insular: só as Ilhas Cayman abrigam 26 espécies de herpetofauna, cerca de três quartos delas endêmicas, enquanto a rolinha-de-granada, criticamente ameaçada e ave nacional de Granada, persiste nas terras baixas e encostas de matagal seco maduro. A perda de hábitat e as espécies introduzidas são as principais ameaças a esses hábitats de matagal costeiro, por natureza limitados.
RESOLVE 599
Neotropic
1,209 sq mi
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
Tipo de paisagem
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
Região vegetal
Neotropic
Pegada da região
1,209 sq mi
Pressão sobre o habitat
Nature Could Recover (Dinerstein NNH 3)

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Regiões de plantio semelhantes

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Cactos colunares e vegetação arbustiva xérica na península de Macanao, Venezuela.
RESOLVE 597 - Neotropic
Araya and Paria xeric scrub
The Araya and Paria xeric scrub stretches along Venezuela's northeastern Caribbean coast, covering the Araya and Paria peninsulas, the area around Cumaná, and the offshore islands of Margarita, Coche, and Cubagua. Its vegetation is a mosaic of salt-tolerant dune herbs, dry thorn scrub studded with columnar and prickly-pear cacti such as Stenocereus and Opuntia, and low deciduous woodland with trees including Bursera, Prosopis, and Parkinsonia, grading into semi-deciduous and evergreen forest on the higher hills. The climate is hot and markedly arid, with average temperatures around 24 to 27 degrees Celsius and rainfall that is very sparse on the Araya Peninsula but much higher on the wetter Paria slopes. The ecoregion harbors notable wildlife, most famously the threatened yellow-shouldered amazon parrot, alongside breeding sea turtles and a number of endemic plants, yet it is considered critically threatened by overgrazing, deforestation, sand extraction, and coastal urbanization. For gardeners in hot, dry climates, several drought-hardy genera native here, including the cacti Stenocereus and Opuntia and the flowering tree Parkinsonia, are widely grown as ornamentals.
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
Zonas 12b-13b
+1.2°F até 2070
2,039 sq mi
Nível NNH 4
Vista de satélite do deserto costeiro nu do Pacífico e do sopé andino do Atacama, Chile.
RESOLVE 598 - Neotropic
Atacama desert
The Atacama Desert ecoregion runs as a continuous strip for nearly 1,000 kilometers along the narrow coast of the northern third of Chile, extending toward southern Peru, within the Neotropic realm. Its interior is one of the driest places on Earth and almost without vegetation, while life concentrates on coastal slopes and ravines where Pacific fog and winter drizzle sustain isolated oases known as lomas. Characteristic plants include columnar and cushion cacti such as Eulychnia, Copiapoa, Browningia, and Leucostele, alongside bromeliads on sandy ground and the endemic tamarugo tree, with around 550 species of ferns, gymnosperms, and flowering plants recorded. Endemism here can exceed 60 percent, and the desert is the largest fog desert on the planet, supporting a sparse but highly adapted fauna whose flagship is Darwin's leaf-eared mouse. For gardeners, several of its hardy succulents, notably Copiapoa cacti, are prized ornamentals well suited to arid, low-water plantings.
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
Zonas 8b-11b
+3.1°F até 2070
40,622 sq mi
Nível NNH 2
Matagal seco de cactos de Cuba e colinas costeiras xéricas perto de Guantánamo.
RESOLVE 600 - Neotropic
Cuban cactus scrub
The Cuban cactus scrub is a xeric shrubland ecoregion strung along the leeward, southeastern coast of Cuba, concentrated in the provinces of Guantanamo and Santiago de Cuba and covering roughly 3,300 square kilometers. Its vegetation is dominated by columnar cacti and other succulents alongside palms, organized into coastal scrubland zones rooted in shallow rendzina soils derived from coralline limestone; characteristic woody genera include Bursera, Croton, Acacia, and Cordia. The climate is semidesert, receiving less than 800 mm of rainfall a year with a prolonged dry period and average temperatures near 26 degrees Celsius. The ecoregion is an important center of plant diversity and endemism, sheltering endemic reptiles such as the Cuban rock iguana along with the flagship Cuban flower bat, a key pollinator of its native flora. For gardeners working hot, dry coastal sites, the region is home to drought-hardy ornamental cactus genera native here, including Opuntia, Harrisia, Pilosocereus, Melocactus, and Leptocereus.
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
Zonas 13a
+1.7°F até 2070
1,261 sq mi
Nível NNH 4
Matagal xérico de Galápagos e terreno costeiro vulcânico seco em San Cristóbal.
RESOLVE 601 - Neotropic
Galápagos Islands xeric scrub
The Galápagos Islands xeric scrub covers Ecuador's Galápagos archipelago, roughly 128 volcanic islands scattered across the Pacific some 960 km west of the South American mainland. Across the lowland arid zone the vegetation is drought-tolerant scrub and dry forest, characterized by palo santo (Bursera graveolens), the endemic guayabillo (Psidium galapageium), coastal saltbush (Cryptocarpus pyriformis) and Maytenus, and several endemic cactus genera including the tree-like prickly pears (Opuntia), Jasminocereus, and Brachycereus. The climate is semi-arid and oceanic with two seasons: a warm wet season from about December to May and a cooler, drier garúa season, while rainfall climbs sharply with elevation so that higher slopes carry moister Scalesia woodlands. The islands hold around 500 native vascular plant species, roughly 180 of them endemic, and the ecoregion is the celebrated home of the giant Galápagos tortoise and an emblem of evolutionary endemism. Its native flora is now critically threatened by introduced and invasive species, including goats and numerous non-native plants, though nearly the entire ecoregion lies within Galápagos National Park.
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
3,094 sq mi
Nível NNH 1
Cactos colunares e figueiras-da-índia em matagal espinhoso sobre areia vermelha em La Guajira, Colômbia.
RESOLVE 602 - Neotropic
Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub
The Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub is an arid shrubland ecoregion strung along the Caribbean coast of Colombia and Venezuela, occupying the Guajira Peninsula and the Ranchería river valley and reaching out to the ABC Islands of the Leeward Antilles. Its dry lowlands are dominated by thorny trees and succulents, with characteristic genera including Acacia, Prosopis (mesquite), and a wealth of cacti such as Opuntia. The climate is hot and dry, with low and highly variable annual rainfall and warm temperatures year-round, a pocket of true xerophytic vegetation within the otherwise wet Neotropics. The region is notable as habitat for a large community of Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) alongside a diversity of birds and bats, and much of the Serranía de Macuira is protected within Macuira National Park. For gardeners drawn to drought-tolerant plantings, the Los Flamencos Sanctuary here is recognized as a center of plant diversity for Salvia, the bromeliad Hechtia, and native cacti.
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
Zonas 12b-13b
+1.5°F até 2070
12,200 sq mi
Nível NNH 4
Vegetação arbustiva seca e capim sob as duas torres rochosas dos Morros de San Juan de los Morros, Guárico, Venezuela.
RESOLVE 603 - Neotropic
La Costa xeric shrublands
The La Costa xeric shrublands stretch along northern Venezuela's Caribbean coast, running from Sucre state in the east to Yaracuy state in the west and taking in plains, hills, and isolated mountains that rise from sea level to about 1,000 meters. The vegetation is dense, drought-adapted thorn scrub, savanna, and dry forest, dominated by cacti and by legume and caper families, with characteristic genera such as Prosopis, Cereus, Caesalpinia, Erythroxylum, Jacquinia, and Mimosa alongside coastal mangroves and lagoons. The climate is semi-arid, with annual rainfall ranging from roughly 300 to 1,000 millimeters. Despite heavy modification since 16th-century colonization replaced much of the original scrub with farms and pasture, the ecoregion still shelters notable endemics, including the yellow-shouldered amazon parrot and the vermilion cardinal, the latter treated as its flagship species. For dry-climate gardeners, its native drought-hardy genera like Prosopis, Caesalpinia, and columnar Cereus cacti are well suited to low-water, xeriscape plantings.
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
Zonas 11b-13b
+1.5°F até 2070
26,428 sq mi
Nível NNH 4

Até onde chega esta ecorregião

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Países
AnguillaAntigua and BarbudaBarbadosBritish Virgin IslandsCuraçaoFranceSaint MartinSint MaartenUnited States Virgin Islands

Educator packet

Region packet
Caribbean shrublands educator packet
A ecorregião dos matagais do Caribe é uma faixa neotropical de matagal xerófilo distribuída pelas ilhas baixas e secas do Caribe, entre elas as Ilhas Cayman, a totalidade de Barbados, as Ilhas de Barlavento costeiras (partes de Granada, Santa Lúcia, Martinica, Dominica e Trinidad) e boa parte das Ilhas de Sotavento, de Grande-Terre e Marie-Galante em Guadalupe até Antígua, Anguilla, São Martinho, São Bartolomeu e as Ilhas Virgens orientais. Sua vegetação é de caráter seral, indo do cordão costeiro herbáceo, passando por matagais e savanas, até a floresta litorânea, e insere-se num cenário insular mais amplo de florestas secas tropicais e manguezais. O clima é quente e tropical, com as Ilhas Cayman sob um regime úmido, uma estação chuvosa definida de maio a novembro e ventos alísios persistentes. A ecorregião possui um notável endemismo insular: só as Ilhas Cayman abrigam 26 espécies de herpetofauna, cerca de três quartos delas endêmicas, enquanto a rolinha-de-granada, criticamente ameaçada e ave nacional de Granada, persiste nas terras baixas e encostas de matagal seco maduro. A perda de hábitat e as espécies introduzidas são as principais ameaças a esses hábitats de matagal costeiro, por natureza limitados.
Realm
Neotropic
Dominant biome
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
Approximate area
1,209 square miles
States / provinces
Not recorded
Climate descriptor
Not recorded
Classroom prompts
- Which climate and biome facts explain why this region supports its characteristic plants?
- How do native-plant and wildlife-support claims differ from a species-presence claim?
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