Bermuda Bermuda Bermuda () is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is approximately east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; south of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia; and north of Cuba. The capital city is Hamilton. Bermuda is self-governing, with its own constitution and its own government, which enacts local laws, while the United Kingdom retains responsibility for defence and foreign relations. Bermuda's two largest economic sectors are offshore insurance and reinsurance, and tourism. Bermuda had one of the world's highest GDP per capita for most of the 20th century. The island has a subtropical climate and lies
Wildlife of Bermuda swamps. Areas of peat marsh include Devonshire, Pembroke, and Paget marshes. Bermuda has four endemic ferns: Bermuda maidenhair fern ("Adiantum bellum"), Bermuda shield fern ("Goniopteris bermudiana"), Bermuda cave fern ("Ctenitis sloanei") and Governor Laffan's fern ("Diplazium laffanianum"). The latter is extinct in the wild but is grown at Bermuda Botanical Gardens. The endemic flora of the island also include two mosses, ten lichens and forty fungi. Among the many introduced species are the Casuarina ("Casuarina equisetifolia") and Suriname cherry ("Eugenia uniflora"). Bermudiana ("Sisyrinchium bermudiana") Darrell's fleabane ("Erigeron darrellianus") Bermuda campylopus (moss) ("Campylopus bermudianus") Bermuda bean ("Phaseolus lignosus") Bermuda spike rush