Bahamian dry forests

[2] For this reason some blackland coppice exists on hills entirely surrounded by forests of Caribbean pine (Pinus caribaea var.

[4] Trees found within them include West Indian mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), wild tamarind (Lysiloma latisiliquum), red cedar (Cedrela odorata), false mastic (Sideroxylon foetidissimum), horseflesh (Lysiloma sabicu), pigeon plum (Coccoloba diversifolia),[2] Jamaican dogwood (Piscidia piscipula), gumbo-limbo (Bursera simaruba), and lancewood (Nectandra coriacea).

[4] Shaded by the canopy, plants such as satin leaf (Chrysophyllum oliviforme), Spanish stopper (Eugenia foetida), Bahama wild coffee (Psychotria ligustrifolia), Bahama strongbark (Bourreria succulenta), night-scented orchid (Epidendrum nocturnum), wormvine orchid (Vanilla barbellata), and potbelly airplant (Tillandsia paucifolia) grow in the understory.

They are dominated by spiny black olive (Bucida molinetii), but Swietenia mahagoni and Cedrela odorata also grow within them.

[4] Fauna that reside within Bahamian dry forests includes the Bahaman funnel-eared bat (Natalus tumidifrons),[1] rock iguanas (Cyclura spp.