Engelhardtia spicata

dominated by Engelhardtia spicata with an understory cover of bracken fern, Pteridium aquilinum. Another edaphic climax occurs with open stands dominated by Pinus kesiya on skeletal soils of clay schist or sandstone. Biodiversity Features This ecoregion lacks endemic mammals or birds, but that may be because of its inaccessibility and lack of biological surveys. However, the ecoregion harbors several threatened and endangered mammals of conservation significance, including the Francois's leaf monkey (Semnopithecus francoisi), silvered leaf monkey (S. More