Name:
Central Congo Basin Swamp Forest Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This macrogroup encompasses permanently inundated vegetation communities in the "Cuvette Congolaise." The swamp forests are 20-30 m tall, but with regularly spaced emergents over 30 m tall. Buttresses, stilt roots and pneumatophores are common and so are epiphytic ferns, orchids and Araceae. Floristically these forests are rich and complex; some of the characteristic tree species are <i>Albizia laurentii, Albizia zygia, Alstonia congensis, Anopyxis klaineana, Anthonotha pynaertii, Baikaea insignis, Berlinia brunellii, Berlinia grandiflora, Berlinia sapinii, Dacryodes edulis, Dialium pachyphyllum, Elaeis guineensis, Entandrophragma palustre, Gilbertiodendron dewevrei, Guibourtia denzeusei, Hymenocardia heudelotii, Irvingia smithii, Mitragyna stipulosa, Monopetalanthus pteridophyllus, Nauclea diderrichii, Nauclea pobeguinii</i>, and <i>Oubanguia africana</i>. The woody swamps along river courses are intermingled with peaty herbaceous marshes of <i>Hypogynium spathiflorum, Jardinea gabonensis, Panicunz parviflorum</i>, and <i>Rhytachne rottboellioides</i>, together with species of <i>Andropogon, Loudetia</i> and <i>Setaria</i>, and sedges <i>Eleocharis nupeensis, Kyllinga vaginata (= Kyllinga pungens)</i>, and <i>Rhynchospora albida</i>. Accompanying forb species belong to the families Araceae, Commelinaceae, Eriocaulaceae, Melastomaceae, Onagraceae, Rubiaceae, and Xyridaceae.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40731-{6F1A632D-6DA9-45D7-BAE1-CA15F159E0CB}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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