What are moist deciduous forests?

In Cantão, moist deciduous forest occurs wherever the ground is high enough to remain above peak flood levels in most years. It is lower in canopy height than the igapó forests, and its undergrowth is thicker and more entangled. read more

The South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of southern India. It covers the southern portion of the Western Ghats range and the Nilgiri Hills between 250 and 1000 meters elevation in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states. read more

Tropical seasonal forest: also known as moist deciduous, monsoon or semi-evergreen (mixed) seasonal forests have a monsoon or wet savannah climates (as in the Köppen climate classification): receiving high overall rainfall with a warm summer wet season and (often) a cooler winter dry season. read more

The Tropical and Subtropical Moist Deciduous forest is “known for the turning of colors of its leaves to brilliant reds, oranges, and golds in autumn" (1). It is generally found in large, discontinuous patches of land around the equator and between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. read more