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| image_caption = Hispaniolan pine forest as seen from [[Pico Duarte]]
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| border = [[Hispaniolan moist forests]]
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| biogeographic_realm = [[Neotropical realm|Neotropical]]
| biome = [[tropical and subtropical coniferous forests]]
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| map_caption = Ecoregion territory (in purple)
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==Flora==
The natural vegetation of the region consists primarily of stands of pino criollo (''[[Hispaniolan Pine|Pinus occidentalis]]''). Pines are mixed with other conifers, including sabina (''[[Juniperus gracilior]]'') and ''[[Podocarpus aristulatus]]'' (syn. ''P. buchii''). Below {{convert|2100|m|ft|abbr=on}}, pine forests are found on [[Laterite|lateritic soils]] and are interspersed with areas of [[Hispaniolan moist forests|wet montane forest]]. Important broad-leaved species are ''[[Garrya fadyenii]]'' and ''[[Vaccinium cubense]]'' near [[Constanza, Dominican Republic|Constanza]] and the [[Baoruco Mountain Range|Sierra de Bahoruco]], ''[[Rapanea ferruginea]]'' near [[Jarabacoa]] and [[San José de las Matas]], and ''[[Buddleja domingensis]]'' along the Cordillera Central. Plants of montane steppe ({{convert|2100|-|3175|m|ft|disp=or|abbr=on}}) include cara de hombre (''[[Lyonia (plant)|Lyonia]]'' spp.), abey (''[[Cojoba arborea]]''), yaya fina (''[[Oxandra]] [[Oxandra lanceolata|lanceolata]]''), pajón (''[[Danthonia]] [[Danthonia domingensis|domingensis]]''), [[Verbena officinalis|''Verbena officinalis'' var. ''officinalis'']], and ''[[Weinmannia]] [[Weinmannia pinnata|pinnata]]''.<ref name="WWF"/>
==Fauna==
Many endemic and rare animal species occur in this ecoregion, including the [[Hispaniolan crossbill]] (''Loxia megaplaga''), [[white-winged warbler]] (''Xenoligea montana''), [[golden swallow]] (''Tachycineta euchrysea'') and the [[Darlington's galliwasp]] (''Caribicus darlingtoni'').
==Threats==
More than half of the ecoregion's area has been lost to clearing for [[agriculture]], [[pasture]], or [[Plantation#Forestry|plantations]] of exotic trees. The Haitian portion of the ecoregion is much more [[Deforestation in Haiti|deforested]] than the Dominican portion.<ref name="WildWord">{{NatGeo ecoregion|id=nt0305|name=Hispaniolan pine forests|accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Ecoregions of the Dominican Republic]]
[[Category:Ecoregions of Haiti]]
[[Category:Neotropical ecoregions]]
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