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Hellshire Hills
Area of dry forest in Jamaica From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hellshire Hills is a region of dry limestone hills in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica, which forms part of the Portland Bight Protected Area.[1]
Environment
The region supports one of the largest remaining areas of dry limestone forest in the Caribbean.[2] A 1970 survey of the forest noted 271 species of plants in the forest of which 53 are only found in Jamaica.[3]
The forest is home to threatened Jamaican endemic animals, including the Jamaican iguana and the blue-tailed galliwasp.[4][5][6] The area has also been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports significant populations of many Jamaican bird species.[7]
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