Name:
Guianan Riparian Forest Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This macrogroup represents the periodically flooded riparian forests of the humid, southern Orinoco floodplains and those of the clearwater rivers that drain to it from the south in Colombia, Brazil and Venezuela, including the riparian forests of the Guiana Shield. The communities vary from slightly open, semi-deciduous forests 15-20 m high to dense forests up to 30 m tall. Characteristic species are <i>Piranhea trifoliata, Homalium racemosum, Sclerolobium guianense, Combretum frangulifolium, Gustavia augusta, Etaballia dubia, Albizia corymbosa, Spondias mombin, Mabea nitida, Homalium racemosum, Symmeria paniculata, Copaifera pubiflora, Campsiandra laurifolia, Eschweilera tenuifolia, Astrocaryum aculeatum</i>. In some situations, especially with low-nutrient soils, there are abundant terrestrial ferns and forbs (<i>Heliconia</i> sp., <i>Phenacospermum guyanense</i>) and woody elements such as <i>Calophyllum antillanum (= Calophyllum brasiliense), Oenocarpus bataua, Xylopia emarginata, Vochysea ferruginea, Couma macrocarpa, Parkia pendula, Clathrotropis macrocarpa, Licania</i> sp.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40879-{FC5AFA4E-C9DB-4613-8306-8D3D07BF899B}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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