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The Hawaiian tropical high shrublands are a tropical savanna ecoregion in the Hawaiian Islands.

20°N 156°W / 20°N 156°W / 20; -156

Hawaiian tropical high shrublands
Slopes of Haleakalā, Maui
Ecology
RealmOceanian
BiomeTropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Borders
  • Hawaiian tropical rainforests
  • Hawaiian tropical dry forests[1]
Geography
Area1,900 km2 (730 sq mi)
CountryUnited States
StateHawaii
Climate typeSubtropical highland (Cfb and Cwb)
Conservation
Conservation statusVulnerable[2]
Global 200No[3]
  1. ^ "Hawaii tropical high shrublands". Bioimages. Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  2. ^ "Hawaii tropical high shrublands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  3. ^ 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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