The Juruá-Purus moist forests stretch across northwestern Brazil, filling the low, flood-prone plains of Amazonas state between the Juruá and Purus rivers just south of the Solimões, the upper reach of the Amazon. Almost the entire region is cloaked in evergreen tropical rainforest with a dense canopy, where legumes, fig trees, nutmeg trees, and an unusually rich array of Sapotaceae dominate; more than 60 Sapotaceae tree species occur here, and stands near Carauari can hold up to 250 tree species per hectare. The climate is hot and consistently humid, with temperatures hovering around 26 to 27 degrees Celsius year-round and annual rainfall of roughly 2,500 to 3,500 millimeters, easing only slightly in July. This intact, road-poor wilderness shelters more than 170 mammal species and over 550 birds, and its flagship species is the endangered wattled curassow. Gardeners may recognize its native fig trees (Ficus), a tropical genus long grown ornamentally.
Marker placed inside the RESOLVE 2017 polygon at 5.3°S, 66.2°W.
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: +4.3°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
Neotropic
Approximate area
93,656 sq mi
Conservation tier
Nature Could Reach Half Protected (Dinerstein NNH 2)
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.
Related ecoregions
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