Name:
Tepuyan Sclerophyllous Shrubland Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
The macrogroup represents the sclerophyllous shrublands distributed from lower montane positions at the base of the Guianan tepuys at 400-500 m elevation up to those growing on the flat top of the table mountains at 2000 m asl. These are dense, short 0.5-3 m high shrublands, interspersed by herbaceous vegetation with a predominance of rosette forms. When occurring on slope positions, they grow on sandstone outcrops, but on the top of the tepuis, there can be peat accumulation in the substrate. Lower elevations are characterized by <i>Platycarpum rhododactylum, Terminalia quintalata, Dacryodes microcarpa, Licania</i> spp., <i>Caraipa</i> spp., <i>Bonnetia sessilis, Ternstroemia pungens, Humiria balsamifera, Blepharandra fimbriata, Ruizterania ferruginea, Ilex retusa, Taralea crassifolia, Vellozia tubiflora, Bonnetia lanceifolia, Stomatochaeta cylindrica, Stenopadus colveii</i>, and <i>Marlierea pudica</i>. Diagnostic species of the higher tepui peaks are <i>Bonnetia jauaensis, Gongylolepis pedunculata, Gongylolepis jauaensis, Stenopadus jauaensis, Maguireothamnus jauaensis, Tyleria breweri</i>, and <i>Blepharandra hypoleuca</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40933-{134715A9-CC34-41EE-A65D-06AD74C2D356}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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