Name:
Mesoamerican Lowland Humid Forest Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
The macrogroup includes forests developed under conditions of high year-round precipitation, as well as those with a short dry season. They grow on soils of sedimentary (limestone) or igneous origin (ash or basalt), and metamorphic in some cases. These are very diverse, dense, 30-m high forests with emergents up to 40 m tall, with several strata, rich in palms, epiphytes and lianas. The composition varies based on their geographic location. Communities of the Caribbean basin side include <i>Anaxagorea costaricensis, Aspidosperma megalocarpon, Capparis pittieri, Carpotroche platyptera, Cassipourea elliptica, Dialium guianense, Magnolia yocoronte, Manilkara zapota, Pentaclethra macroloba, Virola guatemalensis, Virola koschnyi, Vochysia guatemalensis</i>, among many others. On the Pacific basin side, a sample of characteristic species includes <i>Alchornea costaricensis, Anacardium excelsum, Andira inermis, Apeiba aspera, Apeiba tibourbou, Ardisia cutteri, Aspidosperma megalocarpon, Brosimum utile, Brosimum utile, Carapa guianensis, Caryocar costaricense, Heisteria longipes, Huberodendron patinoi, Iriartea deltoidea, Iriartea gigantea, Manilkara zapota (= Achras zapota), Minquartia guianensis, Parkia pendula, Peltogyne purpurea, Poulsenia armata, Protium copal, Qualea paraensis, Scheelea rostrata, Schizolobium parahyba, Socratea exorrhiza, Sorocea pubivena, Symphonia globulifera, Talisia nervosa, Terminalia lucida, Tetragastris panamensis, Vantanea barbourii, Vatairea lundellii</i>, and <i>Welfia georgii</i>. The semi-evergreen forests of the Peten on limestone substrates include <i>Alseis yucatanensis, Ampelocera hottlei, Aspidosperma cruenta, Astronium graveolens, Orbignya cohune (= Attalea cohune), Bernoullia flammea, Brosimum alicastrum, Bursera simaruba, Calophyllum antillanum (= Calophyllum brasiliense), Clusia salvinii, Cordia dodecandra, Cupania belicensis, Cupania prisca, Crysophila stauracantha, Chione chiapasensis, Dendropanax arboreus, Drypetes laterifolia, Drypetes brownei, Eugenia capuli, Hirtella triandra (= Hirtella americana), Laetia thamnia, Lonchocarpus castilloi, Manilkara chicle, Matayba apetala (= Matayba oppositifolia), Metopium brownei, Omphalea oleifera, Pouteria amygdalina, Pouteria campechiana, Pouteria reticulata, Protium copal, Pseudobombax ellipticum, Pseudolmedia spuria, Sabal mauritiiformis, Schizolobium parahyba, Sebastiana longicuspis</i>, and <i>Simira salvadorensis</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40833-{BC4BB913-FF68-4DC6-B849-BE36CBDDD113}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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