Author: Elbert Luther Little Jr.

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-12

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780428937706

Excerpt from Trees of the Caribbean National Forest, Puerto Rico The Caribbean National Forest in the Luquillo Mountains of northeastern Puerto Rico is unique within the National Forest System. Its tropical vegetation varies from luxuriant rain forests on the lower Slopes to dwarf forests on the exposed peaks. Within its boundaries of acres are 225 species of native trees, more than in any other equal area of the United States. Among these species, 88 are classed as endemic or rare. Sixty-eight are limited to Puerto Rico and 23 of them found wild only within the forest boundaries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.