Name:
Tumbes Guayaquil Seasonal Dry Forest Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
The macrogroup represents the dry deciduous to semi-deciduous forests growing on the coastal plain of Ecuador with a dry season of more than 4 months. They reach up to about 500 m altitude in the hills of the coastal range located in this region and to about 900 m in the foothills of the Andes Mountains to the south, close to the border with Peru. In Peru it is distributed higher up, to 1500-2000 m elevation in the Amotape hills and further south in the western foothills of the Andes up to northern Lambayeque. In general these forest are 15 20 m tall, have an uneven canopy with a large proportion of deciduous species, and a dense and semi-deciduous shrub layer. Diagnostic species are <i>Ceiba trischistandra, Cavanillesia platanifolia, Cochlospermum vitifolium, Eriotheca ruizii, Erythrina velutina, Erythrina smithiana, Tabebuia chrysantha, Ziziphus thyrsiflora, Trichilia hirta, Senna mollissima, Guazuma ulmifolia, Phyllanthus anisobolus, Rauvolfia tetraphylla, Carica parviflora, Triplaris cumingiana, Pithecellobium excelsum, Cordia lutea, Coccoloba ruiziana, Capparis heterophylla, Capparis</i> spp., <i>Achatocarpus nigricans, Simira ecuadoriensis, Geoffroea spinosa, Machaerium millei, Piscidia carthagenensis, Caesalpinia glabrata, Bauhinia aculeata, Terminalia oblonga, Terminalia valverdae, Gallesia integrifolia, Loxopterygium huasango, Bursera graveolens, Centrolobium ochroxylum, Miroxylon balsamum, Hura cf. crepitans, Ficus jacobii, Delostoma integrifolium</i>. On higher grounds, with additional seasonal moisture from fog enshrouding these forests, typical species are <i>Centrolobium ochroxylum, Brosimum alicastrum, Alseis eggersii, Lonchocarpus</i> sp., <i>Ficus trigonata, Clarisia racemosa, Ficus</i> spp., <i>Pochota trinitensis (= Bombacopsis trinitensis), Pseudobombax millei, Clavija eggersii, Erythroxylum patens, Trichilia elegans, Gustavia pubescens, Ampelocera</i> sp., <i>Acnistus arborescens, Zanthoxylum fagara, Myrcia splendens</i>, among others.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40824-{56C02101-6732-4A89-8B61-9FC53F3224B7}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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