Comment on “Worldbuilding 1c: Climate”

Having trouble doing comments on my phone, where the good (well, least bad) dictation program is.

Do I understand correctly that trees in the Antilles, as shown in the photo, are blown by such strong winds, and for such a long time, that they grow up to be permanently bent over? Or is this photo just meant to show that the winds are so strong that otherwise-normal trees get blown completely sideways?