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Zonal Vegetation of the Subtropical (Warm–Temperate) Zone with Year-Round Rain

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The zonal vegetation of the subtropics with year-round rain (“wet subtropics”) consists of evergreen and semi-evergreen laurophyllous forests. Because they are located on the eastern sides of the continents, these forests receive rainfall throughout the year; towards the interior of the continents, maximum rainfall shifts into summer. Particularly in the Southern Hemisphere, these forests often include archaic conifers of the genera Araucaria and Podocarpus. It is remarkable that grassland occurs extensively, particularly in South America (campo, pampa), but also in South Africa, despite the consistently humid climate that would allow forest to occur. This grassland is considered to be a relic of postglacial dry periods; it is maintained by fire and grazing.

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Pfadenhauer, J.S., Klötzli, F.A. (2020). Zonal Vegetation of the Subtropical (Warm–Temperate) Zone with Year-Round Rain. In: Global Vegetation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49860-3_7

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