Strangler Fig Grove represents an expansion of the Jama-Coaque Reserve into the Tabuga river basin. Ecologically, it sits at the transition zone between moist tropical evergreen forest and premontane cloud forest. It is named after the strangler fig, which is common in this section of forest and one of the most interesting species in the region. It grows up and wraps around host tree, eventually engulfing it, en route to reaching great heights of 100-150 feet tall.