Tropical savanna ecoregion of the Hawaiian Islands in the United States
The Hawaiian tropical high shrublands are a tropical savanna ecoregion in the Hawaiian Islands.
20°N156°W / 20°N 156°W / 20; -156
Hawaiian tropical high shrublands
Slopes of Haleakalā, Maui
Ecology
Realm
Oceanian
Biome
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Borders
Hawaiian tropical rainforests
Hawaiian tropical dry forests[1]
Geography
Area
1,900 km2 (730 sq mi)
Country
United States
State
Hawaii
Climate type
Subtropical highland (Cfb and Cwb)
Conservation
Conservation status
Vulnerable[2]
Global 200
No[3]
^"Hawaii tropical high shrublands". Bioimages. Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
^"Hawaii tropical high shrublands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
^Olson, David M.; Eric Dinerstein (2002). "The Global 200: Priority Ecoregions for Global Conservation" (PDF). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 89: 199–224. doi:10.2307/3298564.
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