Flora and Fauna of T&T

Our National HeritageFlora and Fauna of T&TTrinidad

Climatic Zones

Climate of T&TTrinidad and Tobago has a tropical marine climate, that is, a climate influenced by the sea. There are two main seasons the wet seasonand the dry season. The annual rainfall is 1000 to over 1500mm. The temperature ranges from 25C to 35C. The trade winds blow all year round. Thetrade winds are moist as they have passed over warm seas.Effect of ClimateEnvironmentVegetationAnimal lifeWater resources

People Agriculture - the choice of crops grown and animals raisedClothingHousingSportsTourism

ForestsTropical Dry Forests

Tropical Rainforests

Rainforests

Tropical Rainforests

The tropical rainforests encompass some of the most varied and species-rich places on earth. The rainforests has frequent rain showers with a minimum 2,000 mm of rainfall a year.T&Ts RainforestsTrinidads rainforests are located in the higher mountain peaks of the Northern RangeTobago Rain Forest ReserveThe oldest forest reserve in the western hemisphere is located in the central ranges of Tobago

Trinidads Tropical Dry ForestsTropical dry forests arelocated primarily in western and southern parts ofTrinidad.

Tropical Dry ForestsThese forests occur in year-round warm climates, where there is a wet and a dry season.

A couple of hundred centimetres of rain per year is not uncommon in the wet or rainy season but there is also a long dry seasons of several months when there is little rain.

The trees shed their leaves to cope with the dry season. Tropical dry forestThe major areas of tropical dry forest in Trinidad include: The Chaguaramas peninsula Areas along the south coast of the island, fromCedrostoMorne Diablo, and Areas along the east coast including parts of Guayaguayare, Mayaro & Manzanilla

Savannah

Coastal Vegetation

Mangrove swampCoconut groveCoastal Vegetation

Marsh landAnimals in Trinidads forests

Agouti

Paca/Agouti paca

Armadillo

Opossum (Mongoose)

Deer

Ocelots

Howler Monkey

Iguanas

Butterflies There are 617 types of butterflies in T&T.

Endangered Animals

Manatee

Leatherback Turtles

Flora of T&T

Hawaiian Torch

Butterfly Orchid