Name:
Northern Amazon Humid Forest Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
Rainforests of the sedimentary plains of the northwestern Amazon region; in Brazil they are distributed in the basin of the Japura and Negro rivers, up to the limit of the white sands Guianan forests in Venezuela, including in this area semi-evergreen forests of the northern fringe of the Amazonian region in transition to more seasonal forests in the north. In Colombia they are represented by the forests north of the Caqueta River up to the Guaviare and east in the basins of the Apaporis and Vaupes. These are tall, evergreen, dense forests of the interfluves and high, well-drained riverbanks. Among the common species are <i>Goupia glabra, Clathrotropis macrocarpa, Dacryodes cf. roraimensis, Sloanea aff. macroana, Pouteria ucuqui, Scleronema micranthum, Virola calophylloidea, Swartzia schomburgkii, Protium grandifolium, Mezilaurus itauba, Tachigali aff. paniculata, Mauritia carana, Rhodognaphalopsis brevipes, Couma catingae, Clusia spathulifolia, Dialium</i> sp., <i>Caryocar glabrum, Socratea exorrhiza, Astrocaryum aculeatum, Leopoldinia piassaba</i>, and many other palms.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40847-{DEB37456-C1B8-4F16-A78B-A6723D8B7D9F}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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