Name:
Metopium toxiferum - Eugenia foetida - Krugiodendron ferreum - Swietenia mahagoni / Capparis flexuosa Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This community is a dense, tropical, broad-leaved, evergreen forest with an open understory, occurring on areas of elevated rock. Canopies are typically 9-12 m and composed of trees 10-20 cm in diameter with scattered individuals that are up to 100 cm in diameter. Common canopy species include <i>Metopium toxiferum, Krugiodendron ferreum, Swietenia mahagoni, Guapira discolor, Bursera simaruba, Coccoloba diversifolia, Lysiloma latisiliquum, Sideroxylon salicifolium (= Bumelia salicifolia, = Dipholis salicifolia), Sideroxylon foetidissimum (= Mastichodendron foetidissimum)</i>, and <i>Ficus aurea</i>. Well-developed subcanopies contain smaller individuals of canopy species and <i>Eugenia axillaris, Eugenia foetida, Gymnanthes lucida, Thrinax radiata, Thrinax morrisii, Amyris elemifera, Drypetes diversifolia, Canella winteriana, Bourreria succulenta (= Bourreria ovata), Sapindus saponaria, Guajacum sanctum</i>, etc. Species that occur as shrubs include <i>Psychotria nervosa, Ardisia escallonoides, Guettarda elliptica, Guettarda scabra, Colubrina elliptica, Capparis flexuosa</i>, and <i>Eugenia rhombea</i>. Only a few shade-tolerant herbs are found beneath the dense forest cover (<i>Dichanthelium dichotomum, Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. setarius (= Oplismenus setarius), Lasiacis divaricata</i>). Scattered orchids (<i>Eulophia alta, Beloglottis costaricensis (= Spiranthes costaricensis), Cyclopogon cranichoides (= Spiranthes cranichoides), Stenorrhynchos lanceolatum (= Spiranthes lanceolata), Eltroplectris calcarata</i>) and clumps of ferns (<i>Nephrolepis exaltata, Nephrolepis biserrata, Thelypteris kunthii</i>) may grow in areas with sufficient moisture. Other ferns (<i>Adiantum tenerum, Tectaria heracleifolia, Tectaria fimbriata, Thelypteris reptans, Thelypteris sclerophylla</i>) grow on the walls of solution holes. Herbaceous epiphytes are abundant and conspicuous (<i>Campyloneurum phyllitidis, Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. polypodioides, Phlebodium aureum, Vittaria lineata, Tillandsia</i> spp.).
Accession Code:
VB.CC.35690.CEGL007007
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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