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Southwestern Amazon Lowland Humid Forest Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Southwestern Amazon Lowland Humid Forest Macrogroup
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: Amazonian forests east and south of the Ucayali River in Peru, Madre de Dios mid and lower basin in Peru and Bolivia, and the areas between Jurua and Yavari in Brazil. Though very humid due to total annual precipitation, this region is characterized by its seasonality and because the topography is more irregular due to the presence of rolling plains and high hills like Serra do Divisor in the Purus area. It is the area of distribution of the Brazil nut or <i>Bertholletia excelsa</i>; other common species are <i>Hevea brasiliensis, Couratari guianensis, Couratari macrosperma, Jacaranda copaia ssp. spectabilis, Apuleia leiocarpa, Spondias mombin (= Spondias lutea), Caryocar villosum, Capirona decorticans, Heisteria nitida, Iryanthera juruensis, Dypteris odorata, Pseudolmedia macrophylla, Pseudolmedia laevis, Diploon cuspidatum, Parkia pendula, Copaifera reticulata, Castilla ulei, Swietenia macrophylla</i>, among many others. Included in this macrogroup are the very large extensions of mostly monodominant <i>Guadua</i> (bamboo) forests. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40845-{9C82865A-DE82-450C-954B-2056D6D1C62D}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Apr-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.884667 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: M590
  Scientific: Southwestern Amazon Lowland Humid Forest Macrogroup