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Pinus cubensis / Dracaena cubensis Forest | Borhidi, A. 1991. Phytogeography...
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Name: Pinus cubensis / Dracaena cubensis Forest
Reference: Borhidi, A. 1991. Phytogeography...
Description: Rich pine forest with more than 70% of endemic species. The rather closed canopy is strongly dominated by <i>Pinus cubensis</i>. Other typical canopy species may be <i>Dracaena cubensis, Coccothrinax orientalis</i>, and <i>Guatteria moralesii</i>. Both the shrub and herbaceous layers are well-developed in this community. Characteristic species are <i>Schmidtottia sessiliflora, Schmidtottia shaferi, Psidium parviflorum, Casearia moaensis, Casearia bissei, Myrtus ophiticola, Guettarda crassipes, Guettarda ferruginea, Sideroxylon cubense (= Bumelia cubensis), Cyrilla cubensis, Ossaea pauciflora, Jacquinia roigii, Rhynchospora lindeniana, Chaetocarpus oblongatus, Eugenia pinetorum, Phyllanthus myrtilloides ssp. erythrinus</i>, and <i>Callicarpa oblanceolata</i>. DISTRIBUTION: East Cuba: Lowlands and foothills between Moa and Baracoa. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31466.CEGL007624
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
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  Translated: Cuban Pine / Cuban Cornplant Forest
  Scientific: Pinus cubensis / Dracaena cubensis Forest
  Code: CEGL007624