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Tabebuia heterophylla - Calophyllum antillanum - Coccoloba swartzii - Bursera simaruba - Hippomane mancinella - Coccoloba uvifera Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Tabebuia heterophylla - Calophyllum antillanum - Coccoloba swartzii - Bursera simaruba - Hippomane mancinella - Coccoloba uvifera Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: Semi-deciduous forest originally occurring fairly extensively in a usually narrow band around the southern coast of Martinique. The average annual temperature is 26-27°C, the average annual rainfall 900-1300 mm, with occasional drought years with as little as 300-500 mm, and with a dry season in most years of 2-6 months with less than 50 mm of precipitation. Canopy height ranges from 10-20 m, with typical species including <i>Tabebuia heterophylla (= Tabebuia pallida), Calophyllum antillanum (= Calophyllum calaba), Coccoloba swartzii, Bursera simaruba, Hippomane mancinella, Coccoloba uvifera, Lonchocarpus benthamianus, Guapira fragrans (= Pisonia fragrans), Erythrina berteroana, Capparis indica</i>, and <i>Thespesia populnea</i>. Understory vegetation is sparse. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35076.CEGL007611
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Translated: White-cedar - West Indian-laurel - Swartz's Pigeon-plum - Gumbo Limbo - Manchineel - Sea-grape Forest
  Scientific: Tabebuia heterophylla - Calophyllum antillanum - Coccoloba swartzii - Bursera simaruba - Hippomane mancinella - Coccoloba uvifera Forest
  Code: CEGL007611
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.690069 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo