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== Flora ==
The area has an original a unique vegetation and an endemic flora: * Dense deciduous forest primarily tropophyl - typical of the western ecoregion - forming a continuous massif in the western part of the park and intersected by savannas in the eastern part. * Several vegetation types, ranging from very dry on the limestone slabs to wet in the canyons and along rivers. 86% of the plant species are endemic, about 650 were inventoried. Faced with the particular ecological conditions of the environment, there are various forms of adaptation in the park: * Spinescence (leaves become spines to limit water loss)* Pachycaul (the trunks grow disproportionately to store water)* Reviviscence (vegetative parts dry out and continue with a slowed life before the arrival of rain)* Dwarfism (short in stature) With regard to floristic species, the plant formations of the Antsingy include more than 830 species which consist of: