The Greater Negros-Panay rain forests cover the central Visayan Islands of the Philippines, spanning Negros, Panay, and Cebu along with smaller islands such as Sibuyan, Guimaras, and Siquijor, within the Indomalayan realm. Lowland forests here are dominated by tall dipterocarp trees in the genera Dipterocarpus, Shorea, and Hopea, with coastal beach forests of Casuarina and Barringtonia giving way to oak- and laurel-dominated montane forests on the higher volcanic slopes. The climate is a tropical rainforest type (Koppen Af), staying hot and humid with rain in every month of the year. The ecoregion is a center of island endemism: it shelters the critically endangered Visayan warty pig and the Philippine spotted deer, and two endemic Rafflesia species (which produce some of the largest flowers in the world) grow on Panay and Negros. Native plants of horticultural interest include the narra (Pterocarpus indicus) and screwpines of the genus Pandanus.
Marker placed inside the RESOLVE 2017 polygon at 10.0°N, 123.0°E.
Climate snapshot for this ecoregion
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Current zone range (2011–2040)
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CHELSA-derived typical winter month at this ecoregion's bbox grid.
Projected (2041–2070)
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Where the CHELSA models say the typical winter month is heading.
Average warming this ecoregion is on track for: +2.9°F by mid-century. SSP3-7.0 (current trajectory) · CHELSA v2.1 bio06 sampled across 10 of 10 points within this ecoregion's bounding box.
At a glance
Dominant biome
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Realm
Indomalayan
Approximate area
13,511 sq mi
Conservation tier
Nature Could Recover (Dinerstein NNH 3)
About the tropical & subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome
Warm, wet, highly productive forests — including tropical rainforests — with closed canopies, near year-round growing seasons, and the richest terrestrial biodiversity on Earth. Low seasonality and high rainfall sustain dense, layered vegetation from canopy to forest floor.
Catalog plants suited to this ecoregion
No catalog plants intersect this ecoregion's zone range. As the catalog grows to cover this region's climate band, suggestions will surface here.
Collections for this ecoregion
No curated collection's plants all fit this ecoregion's zone range. We surface a collection only when every member would grow here — partial fits get filtered out rather than mislead. As the catalog and the curated set both grow, this section will fill in.
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