They live in the northwest, mountain rain forest region of Costa Rica. Seeds are wind dispersed seeds are wind, bird and mammal dispersed mammal pollination and dispersal is very important Notes 1. Costa Rican rainforests are located at 10 North latitude. Virginia is 38 N. 2. Two examples of broad-leaved evergreens in the US are magnolia and live oak.
Fires also occur in tropical forests, but they are rare.
Slash and burn agriculture has been taking place at least 5,000 years. Also, electric and telephone poles are made of concrete, not pine trees like the U.S. 7. Sawmill operators in the tropics have been killed by neurotoxins emitted from trees. Exploitive forestry is not necessarily a bad thing. Trees will regenerate naturally in most cases.