Name:
Caribbean Karstic Dry Scrub Group
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This group occurs on bare rock of limestone terraces and on lowland karstic "dogtooth" terrain. It occurs as very dense, 2- to 3-m high shrubland with emergent individual trees or groups of trees. Columnar or tree-shaped cacti may occur but are never dominant. The Cuban scrub on limestone substrate is dominated by the shrubs <i>Auerodendron cubense, Coccothrinax munizii, Cordia leucosebestena, Eugenia cowellii, Jacquinia berteroi, Picrodendron macrocarpum, Polygala guantanamana, Randia spinifex</i>, cacti <i>Consolea macracantha, Dendrocereus nudiflorus, Harrisia fernowii, Melocactus acunae, Pilosocereus brooksianus</i>, and succulent <i>Agave albescens</i>, while this type in Puerto Rico features the endemic <i>Harrisia portoricensis</i> and shrubs <i>Croton discolor, Croton betulinus, Erithalis fruticosa, Plumeria obtusa</i>, and <i>Reynosia uncinata</i>. In the Lesser Antilles typical species of the mixed cactus scrub on limestone pavement include <i>Agave karatto, Capparis cynophallophora, Capparis indica, Clerodendrum aculeatum, Haematoxylum campechianum, Leucaena leucocephala, Pilosocereus royenii, Pisonia aculeata, Pisonia subcordata</i>, and <i>Pithecellobium unguis-cati</i>. In the Bahamas, when the limestone pavement community occurs right above the water table and there is more moisture available, characteristic species include <i>Sideroxylon americanum, Bursera simaruba, Cephalocereus</i> sp., <i>Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense, Coccoloba northropiae, Coccoloba tenuifolia, Guettarda scabra, Manilkara jaimiqui ssp. emarginata, Pithecellobium bahamense, Psidium longipes, Randia aculeata, Stigmaphyllon sagraeanum</i>, and <i>Tabebuia bahamensis</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40189-{6EB6FCBF-D17C-40B2-AB33-7CCB87E6B9BD}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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