South FLORIDA, the U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS of the Caribbean, and the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS and AMERICAN SAMOA of the Pacific all lie less than 30 degrees from the Equator and are part of the HUMID TROPICAL ecoregion of the United States.
By the very geographical positioning of the above land and islands, the following are the dominate terrestrial biomes of this ecoregion:
- Tropical Savanna (Grassland)
- Tropical Rainforest
Likewise, the nature of its latitudinal and altitudinal position of the land give the region both abundant Freshwater and Marine aquatic biomes.
The varying altitudinal landscape on the island of HAWAII also provide a small segment of Tundra and Mountain terrestrial biomes.
See below for a list of National Parks and other parks, natural areas, and forests within this ecoregion represented in my photos.
National Park of American Samoa TUTUILA
Virgin Islands National Park SAINT JOHN
• National Park Name or Park/Forest/Monument/Refuge Name I PHOTO GALLERY NAME (click on the photo gallery name below to view photos)
AMERICAN SAMOA
- National Park of American Samoa I TROPICAL WEST – PACIFIC ISLANDS
FLORIDA
- Big Cypress National Preserve I AMERICAN SOUTHEAST & GULF COAST
- Biscayne National Park I ATLANTIC EAST COST
- Dry Tortugas National Park I AMERICAN SOUTHEAST & GULF COAST
- Everglades National Park I AMERICAN SOUTHEAST & GULF COAST
- J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge I AMERICAN SOUTHEAST & GULF COAST
- National Key Deer Refuge I AMERICAN SOUTHEAST & GULF COAST
- Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge I AMERICAN SOUTHEAST & GULF COAST
HAWAII
- Haleakala National Park I TROPICAL WEST – PACIFIC ISLANDS
- Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park I TROPICAL WEST – PACIFIC ISLANDS
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
- Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument I TROPICAL EAST – US VIRGIN ISLANDS
- Virgin Islands National Park I TROPICAL EAST – US VIRGIN ISLANDS