Dominican Republic Flora has impressive variety of more then 8000 Tropical plant species, and 300 varieties of orchids.
Dominican Republic vegetation is represented by poincianas, royal palms, pines and West Indian cedar as well as mangroves, trees and shrubs in saline coastal sediment. Also coconut palms, Hispaniolan mahogany, wild olive and American muskwood.
Dry and moist forests are lowland mesic, montane mesic, lowland wet, or montane wet.
Dominican Republic Flora list:
| Haitian Catalpa (Catalpa longissima)
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West Indian Mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni)
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Puerto Rican Royal Palm (Roystonea borinquena)
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Paradise Tree (Simarouba glauca)
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Anón de Majagua (Lonchocarpus heptaphyllus)
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Jagua
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Black Olive (Bucida buceras)
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West Indian Lancewood (Oxandra lanceolata)
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Amacey (Tetragastris balsamifera)
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Fustic (Maclura tinctoria)
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Logwood (Haematoxylum campechianum)
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Iris (Hippeastrum puniceum)
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Caracolí (Abarema glauca)
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Córbano (Albizia berteriana)
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West Indian Elm (Guazuma ulmifolia)
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Palo de Leche (Rauwolfia nitida)
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Spiny Fiddlewood (Citharexylum spinosum)
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Sandpaper Tree (Curatella americana)
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Grandleaf Seagrape (Coccoloba pubescens)
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Jamaican Nettletree (Trema micrantha)
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| Tabebuia species | Cashews (Anacardium occidentale) | Yellow Olivier (Buchenavia capitata) | Sablito (Schefflera morototoni) | |
| Maricao (Byrsonima spicata) | Aguacatillo (Alchornea latifolia) | West Indian Cherry (Prunus myrtifolia) | Árbol de Santa Maria (Calophyllum brasiliense) | |
| Cocuyo (Hirtella triandra) | American Muskwood (Guarea guidonia) | Palo de Yagua (Casearia arborea) | locust (Hymenaea courbaril) | |
| Balatá (Manilkara domingensis) | Sierra Palm (Prestoea montana) | Hispaniolan Pine (Pinus occidentalis) | Parasitic plants | |
| Tree ferns (Cyathea spp.) | Chionanthus species | Trembling Schefflera (Schefflera tremula) | Black Sapote (Diospyros digyna) | |
| Almendrón (Prunus occidentalis) | Fadyen's Silktassel (Garrya fadyenii) | Weinmannia pinnata | Oreopanax capitatus | |
| Brunellia comocladifolia | Hispaniolan Pines | Cyathea species | Epiphytes |
