Caribbean shrublands

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Caribbean shrublands
One Earth ID:	599
World Wildlife Fund ID:	NT0208, NT1302, NT1305, NT1310, NT1317
Continent:	North America
Biogeography
Biome:	Deserts and xeric shrublands
Udvardy realm:	Neotropical
One Earth realm:	Central America & Caribbean (Upper Neotropic)
One Earth subrealm:	Caribbean
One Earth bioregion:	Caribbean Islands
Ecoregion:	Caribbean shrublands
Political geography
Countries:	See text
Territories:	See text

Geography

Biogeography

In the Ecoregions 2017 and Bioregions 2023 frameworks, the Caribbean shrublands ecoregion was formed by combining five ecoregions previously recognized by World Wildlife Fund (WWF): the Cayman Islands dry forests (NT0208), Windward Islands xeric scrub (NT1317), Leeward Islands xeric scrub (NT1310), Cayman Islands xeric scrub (NT1305), and Aruba-Curaçao-Bonaire cactus scrub (NT1302).

Political geography

Countries located in the Caribbean shrublands include Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. External territories in this ecoregion include Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Martin (French part), and Saint Barthélemy administered by France; Aruba, Curaçao, the Caribbean Netherlands, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part) administered by the Netherlands; Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, and Montserrat administered by the United Kingdom; and the United States Virgin Islands.

Physical geography

Cactus scrub on the island of Curaçao.

Ecology

Mangrove forests also occur on the islands in this ecoregion, but not all are considered part of the neighboring Bahamian-Antillean mangroves ecoregion.

External links

• Caribbean Shrublands (One Earth)