[4] Cities in the ecoregion include Abidjan and Yamoussoukro in Ivory Coast and Kumasi in Ghana.

Characteristic trees of the moist evergreen forest are Entandrophragma utile, Khaya ivorensis, and Triplochiton scleroxylon.

Dominant trees in the moist semi-evergreen forests are Celtis spp., Mansonia altissima, Pterygota macrocarpa, Nesogordonia papaverifera, Sterculia rhinopetala, and Milicia excelsa.

Trees of the Togo Mountains forests include Milicia excelsa, Triplochiton scleroxylon, Antiaris toxicaria africana, Diospyros mespiliformis, Afzelia africana, and Ceiba pentandra.

[4] Four mammals are endemic to the ecoregion – Wimmer's shrew (Crocidura wimmeri), Ivory Coast rat (Dephomys eburneae), Cansdale's swamp rat (Malacomys cansdalei), and Togo mouse (Leimacomys buettneri).