They receive considerable orographic precipitation, making the plateaus cooler and wetter than the surrounding lowlands.

Other dominant canopy species are Albizia gummifera, Dombeya sp., Ricinodendron heudelotii, and Dialium holtzii.

with small trial plots of Milicia excelsa, Teak (Tectona grandis) and Maesopsis eminii.

[1] The Rondo Nature Forest Reserve covers an area 11,742.26 ha, with a boundary of 51.6 km.

The Noto Plateau is home to 12,000 ha of dry evergreen forest which has no protected status.