Name:
Central Andean Seasonal Dry Forest Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
Semi-deciduous, sub-humid forests distributed in the lower montane belt of the eastern slopes of the Andes from northern Peru to south-central Bolivia. They occur in areas with medium or moderate effect of orographic rainshadow. Structurally, they are partially deciduous forests with a dense canopy 20-25 m high and several levels of understory characteristically presenting abundant woody lianas. Relative to their floristic composition there are two groups: a northern and a southern one. The former is restricted to the eastern portion of the Huancabamba - Marañón valley area of northern Peru and southern Ecuador. The southern type occurs in inter-Andean valleys of the Yungas from central Peru to the Cochabamba department in Bolivia and are characterized by numerous species shared with the Chiquitano deciduous forests of Santa Cruz, representing disjunct "islands" of Brazilian-Paranense flora in the Yungas, of great biogeographical interest. Characteristic species are <i>Schinopsis brasiliensis, Cariniana estrellensis, Astronium urundeuva, Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon, Aspidosperma macrocarpon, Zeyheria tuberculosa, Ceiba boliviana, Ceiba pubiflora, Cereus tacuaralensis, Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis (= Opuntia brasiliensis), Maytenus ilicifolia, Hedyosmum angustifolium, Clusia ducuoides, Juglans boliviana, Hymenaea courbaril, Piptadenia buchtienii, Piptadenia viridiflora, Anadenanthera colubrina, Maclura tinctoria, Stylogine ambigua, Aiphanes aculeata, Cinchona calisaya, Cavanillesia umbellata, Apuleia leiocarpa, Caesalpinia floribunda, Cedrela fissilis, Cedrela lilloi, Centrolobium tomentosum, Chrysophyllum gonocarpum, Combretum leprosum, Lonchocarpus macrocarpus, Machaerium guanaiense, Kielmeyera paniculata, Physocalymma scaberrimum, Attalea phalerata, Gallesia integrifolia, Machaerium scleroxylon, Spondias mombin, Tabebuia ochracea, Tabebuia roseoalba, Amburana cearensis, Myrocarpus frondosus, Sweetia fruticosa, Pachystroma longifolium</i>, and <i>Copaifera langsdorfii</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40831-{772E3D50-E751-4BA5-A68E-6311D0E59929}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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