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The dry forest 
, +V 1 thp Fast and West Cabrits, is 
The dry forest, which co ^ ers SDe cies which shed their leaves 
composed of a number of deciduous secies * ld maps of the Cabrits 
during the official dry seaso Murine the 18th and 19th Centu 
seem to indicate that f vegltation was cleared. How- 
ries most if not all of t follow i ng the abandonment of the mil 
ever after number of years J, re _ e stablishing it- 
tary’ complex the ^^e^fStluon is so dense that the dry 
self in the area. Today the g expc ,se the magnificent ruins 
and on the hills. 
The trees in this forest type usually *““"o r ?f If epiphytes. 
60 feet, are generally nnbut tresse^^^, allowing only a minimum 
These trees form a fairly r e forest floor, except during the 
amount of sunlight to reac ^ beneath this closed forest is 
dry season. As such th S or other low level plants, 
usually bare of young seeai g . 
Rainfall in this zone is reia 
tively low (60-70 inches), an 
molt of this occurs over a four 
to five months period. Du g 
and following heavy showers w 
tpmoorary streams may appear in 
the^Cabrits Valley. Slightly but¬ 
tressed Akoma trees may he found 
growing alongside the southern 
watercourse of the Vail y. 
So far more than forty species of 
? e have been identified xn the 
d^v forest of the Cabrits penmsu- 
VJ. Sany of these species.are^ 
SSrSwiikeh'for furniture, 
charcoal .shingles ^an^genera,^ 
part^of ° this * century , the dry for 
est of the Cabrits provided a 
source of timber for export to 
source c form of round logs 
Barbados in the form ui 
and firewood. 
temporary STREAM at CABRITS 
