Name:
Cerrado Floodplain Forest Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
The macrogroup represents the riparian and floodplain forests of the Brazilian Precambrian shield in the Brazilian Cerrado and Bolivian Chiquitania regions. They are forested systems that develop along wide rivers with defined courses, and can limit externally either with savannas or with mesophytic forests, with which there may be a complex transition, although the riparian forests are characterized for being higher and more dense. They generally occupy a narrow strip of about 100 m on either side of the river, but if the valley is flat and broad, the riparian forest strip can be wider. The substrate is variable, generally alluvial, and the forest is influenced by the flooding regime of the river. Since these regions have a seasonal climate, the flooding period and reach are not that long. Due to the seasonality of the climate, several of the canopy species are deciduous; in Bolivia the characteristic species are <i>Gallesia integrifolia, Cariniana ianeirensis, Vitex cymosa, Albizia niopoides, Attalea phalerata, Cyathea pungens, Ficus pertusa, Ficus adhatodaeifolia, Genipa americana, Pouteria macrophylla, Salacia elliptica, Sapindus saponaria, Syagrus sancona, Triplaris americana, Cordia alliodora, Erythrina dominguezii, Nectandra megapotamica, Nectandra hihua, Licaria triandra, Chrysophyllum gonocarpum, Solanum sessile</i>. In the Brazilian Cerrado riparian forests some of the characteristic species are <i>Anadenanthera</i> spp., <i>Apeiba tibourbou, Aspidosperma</i> spp., <i>Inga</i> spp., <i>Enterolobium contortisiliquum, Celtis iguanaea, Myracroduon urundeuva, Triplaris gardneriana, Sterculia striata, Tabebuia</i> spp., <i>Cecropia pachystachya, Orbignya barbosiana (= Attalea speciosa), Ficus</i> spp., <i>Gynerium sagittatum</i>, and <i>Guadua paniculata</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40896-{26D18477-F31B-4CF1-AEB0-761225E80E72}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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