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Tropical Dry Forest Mylah Ferland Climate • More seasonal than tropical rain forest • Dry season last 6-7 months • Abundant rainfall last 5-6 months • Dry season: the forest is earth tones, trees are dormant, Birds, mammals, and even insects make seasonal migrations to wetter habitats • As rain approaches the trees will start to flower and insects appear to pollinate • Rainy season: it’s an emerald tangle, trees produce leaves for the first storm, landscape transforms • • • • Africa; both north and south of central African rain forest Americas; north and south of Amazon rain forest, west coast of Central America and into North America alone west coast of Mexico Asia; most of India, and the Indochina peninsula Australia; band across Location Soils • Less acidic than those of rain forest and generally richer in nutrients • Highly vulnerable to erosion from all the rain that happens at once. • Average rainfall is 150-200cm Fauna • Most common: • Tigers • Raccoons • Bobcats • Coyotes • Kit and gray foxes • Mountain lions • Badger Plant life • Up to 40 tree species in a small forest • Trees, shrubs, and undergrowth • Some of the dominant plants are: Columnar cacti, deciduous trees, drought-tolerant orchids Threats • Deforestation • Fires; caused by nature and humans • Pollution • Erosion • Animals being chased away in some areas