Cuban moist forests
The Cuban moist forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion that occupies on Cuba and Isla de la Juventud. The ecoregion receives more than of rainfall annually, and does not have a dry season. Soils are usually derived from quartz, limestone, or serpentinites. Cuban moist forests can be differentiated into lowland forests (sea level to ), sub-montane forests (), and montane forests (). Lowland forests. Lowland forests are found at elevations from sea level to and reach heights of . They consist of three tree stories. The upper story includes achiotillo ("Alchornea latifolia"), najesí ("Carapa guianensis") and acana ("Manilkara  valenzuelana"); the middle story has tagua-tagua ("Diospyros caribaea"), "Ocotea floribunda", "Oxandra laurifolia", "Talauma minor", "Terminalia" spp. and "Ficus" spp.; and the lower story has a number of species of tree ferns, Myrtaceae and Melastomataceae. Epiphytes are abundant and varied, including the endemic "Hymenodium crinitum", "Oleandra articulata", "Columnea tincta", and "Psychotria pendula". Typical palms are "Calyptronoma plumeriana", "Prestoea acuminata" var. "montana" and "Bactris cubensis". "Heliconia" species, mosses, and liverworts are also important plants. Sub-montane forests. Sub-montane forests occur elevations of . Typical sub-montane forests consist of two tree stories and an understory; they reach a height of up  to in height. Achiotillo ("Alchornea latifolia"), júcare amarillo ("Buchenavia capitata"), purío prieto ("Guatteria blainii"), "Licaria jamaicensis", roble macho ("Tabebuia hypoleuca") and "Zanthoxylum elephantiasis" grow in the upper story. Cuaba de la maestra ("Amyris lineata"), cuajaní ("Prunus myrtifolia"), "Ditta myricoides", "Laplacea" spp., "Oxandra laurifolia", "Ocotea" spp., "Rapanea ferruginea" and "Podocarpus" species can be found in the lower story. Tree ferns, Myrtaceae and Melastomataceae and Rubiaceae flourish in the understory. Sub-montane forests growing in ultisols reach a height of and have two stories with trees such as "Calophyllum utile", "Guatteria cubensis", "Magnolia cristalensis", roble de hoja ancha ("Tabebuia dubia"), "Zanthoxylum cubense  and Bactris cubensis". Montane forests. Montane forests are found at elevations of . These forests consist of two arboreal stories and reach a height of . The upper story is dominated by barril ("Cyrilla racemiflora"), marañon de la Maestra ("Magnolia cubensis"), "Persea anomala" and "Laplacea angustifolia". The lower story consists of "Cleyera nimanimae", "Freziera grisebachii", "Haenianthus salicifolius", "Lyonia" species, "Torralbasia cuneata" and enebro ("Juniperus saxicola"). Epiphytes, mosses, ferns, terrestrial orchids, and clubmosses are abundant. Fauna. Birds of Cuba's moist forests include the Cuban tody ("Todus multicolor"), bee hummingbird ("Mellisuga helenae"), Cuban trogon ("Priotelus temnurus"), Cuban solitaire ("Myadestes elisabeth"), hook-billed kite  ("Chondrohierax uncinatus"), red-legged honeycreeper ("Cyanerpes cyaneus"), Cuban parakeet ("Aratinga euops"), stygian owl ("Asio stygius") and Gundlach's hawk ("Accipiter gundlachi"). The rare Cuban solenodon ("Solenodon cubanus"), a small mammal, is endemic to eastern montane forests. Other notable mammals include the hutias, 4-5 species of small to medium-sized, climbing rodents related to the Guinea Pig.