Post by Beowulf on Jan 13, 2018 9:28:07 GMT -5
Brevun Forest is a tropical moist broadleaf forest. Average rainfall is between 1,600–2400 mm per year and many important rivers have their sources in these mountains.
These mountains have a distinct plant cover in various phases according to elevation, with up to 35 endemic species. Common plant types in the humid mountain valleys include Uapaca togoensis, Cola lateritia maclaudii, Parinari excelsa, Piptadeniastrum africanum and Canarium schweinfurthii. Higher altitudes of the Loma and the Tingi are covered with a savanna of Syzygium, Kotschya ochreata, Monechma depauperatum, and the tree ferns, Cyathea subg. Cyathea manniana and Cyathea dregei. Leopards (Panthera pardus) are the largest predator in the ecoregion. The ecoregion supports populations of the endangered Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus). Near-endemic birds include Sierra Leone prinia (Prinia leontica) and the iris glossy-starling (Coccycolius iris).
These mountains have a distinct plant cover in various phases according to elevation, with up to 35 endemic species. Common plant types in the humid mountain valleys include Uapaca togoensis, Cola lateritia maclaudii, Parinari excelsa, Piptadeniastrum africanum and Canarium schweinfurthii. Higher altitudes of the Loma and the Tingi are covered with a savanna of Syzygium, Kotschya ochreata, Monechma depauperatum, and the tree ferns, Cyathea subg. Cyathea manniana and Cyathea dregei. Leopards (Panthera pardus) are the largest predator in the ecoregion. The ecoregion supports populations of the endangered Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus). Near-endemic birds include Sierra Leone prinia (Prinia leontica) and the iris glossy-starling (Coccycolius iris).