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Orinoco Delta Swamp Forest Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Orinoco Delta Swamp Forest Macrogroup Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: The swamp forests included in this macrogroup are those located along the shorelines of the middle and low Orinoco Delta or along riverbanks in the coastal plain of Guyana, French Guiana and Surinam. They grow on alluvial sedimentary sandy-clayish substrates developed on recent marine deposits and sometimes on a peat layer. They are a complex of brackish swamps and flooded riparian forests with an abundance of palms, 10 to 25 m high, usually with a strip of herbaceous marshes along the shore due to the flooding dynamics. Diagnostic species are <i>Annona glabra, Triplaris surinamensis, Andira inermis, Erythrina fusca (= Erythrina glauca), Pterocarpus officinalis, Virola surinamensis, Euterpe oleracea, Carapa guianensis, Caryocar microcarpum, Mauritia flexuosa, Symphonia globulifera, Bonafousia tetrastachya, Rheedia kappleri, Tovomita</i> sp., <i>Sloanea grandiflora, Manicaria saccifera, Iryanthera macrophylla, Tabebuia fluviatilis, Mora excelsa, Pachira aquatica</i>, and <i>Bactris</i> spp.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40881-{9BD9AA2E-10BE-46A7-9F03-732F7972D711} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 17-Apr-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Guianan Flooded & Swamp Forest Division This Community's Level: Macrogroup This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.884763 NatureServe Explorer   Code: M628   Scientific: Orinoco Delta Swamp Forest Macrogroup