Name:
Llanos Seasonal Dry Forest Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This macrogroup includes seasonally dry, deciduous forests occurring across the Llanos in Colombia and Venezuela, and those of the eastern limit of the Llanos with the Orinoquian moist forests. Overall, they are forests between 6 and 14 m tall, not very dense (about 50-60% coverage) and with dominance of deciduous species. They form a mosaic with the savannas; in many cases what is now left is a small patch, although originally they covered large areas. This forest grows on topographically higher ground than the surrounding savannas, such as in high plains or mesas, and low hills on moderately drained soils and with high nutrient content. Diagnostic species are <i>Acrocomia sclerocarpa, Annona jahnii, Apeiba tibourbou, Bursera simaruba, Cassia moschata, Enterolobium cyclocarpum, Godmania aesculifolia, Melicoccus bijugatus, Platymiscium pinnatum, Ruprechtia hamanii, Spondias mombin, Xilopia aromatica, Randia aculeata, Cereus</i> sp., <i>Bourreria cumanensis, Gyrocarpus americanus, Maclura tinctoria (= Chlorophora tinctoria), Hymenaea courbaril, Bocageopsis multiflora, Parkia pendula, Qualea rosea, Licania subrachnophylla, Sclerolobium bracteosum, Tabebuia serratifolia, Tabebuia billbergii, Capparis odoratissima, Pithecellobium tortum, Guapira pacurero, Erythroxylum havanense</i>, and <i>Pithecellobium oblongum</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40823-{C8A83279-CCD1-4F41-BF97-616717EB2642}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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