Name:
Pantanal Floodplain Forest Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
Riverine and swamp forests, mostly gallery forests, of the Pantanal region of western Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil, southeastern Bolivia, and northeastern Paraguay. They occupy the riverbanks and relatively topographically higher areas of the floodplain that drains into the Paraguay River, in situations of seasonal flooding of a few weeks to a few months. Characteristic species are <i>Albizia inundata, Geoffroea spinosa, Adelia spinosa, Microlobium paraguensis, Crataeva tapia, Laetia americana, Lonchocarpus fluvialis, Zygia pithecolobioides, Aporosella chacoensis, Coccoloba guaranitica, Banara arguta, Vochysia</i> spp., and <i>Combretum lanceolatum</i>. This macrogroup also includes a group of short and open deciduous forests, and wooded savannas with abundant palms, not directly associated with riparian positions, which get saturated or flooded due to seasonal precipitation. This type occurs in the southwestern corner of the Pantanal region, and the common species are <i>Copernicia alba, Microlobium foetidus ssp. paraguensis, Sphinctanthus microphyllus, Acacia monacantha, Combretum lanceolatum, Tabebuia aurea, Machaerium hirtum, Rheedia brasiliensis, Myrcia fallax, Acrocomia totai, Sterculia striata, Magonia pubescens, Cochlospermum tetraporum, Prosopis nigra, Prosopis ruscifolia</i>, and <i>Calycophyllum multiflorum</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40899-{55E02B46-F043-4CEC-A5C8-771AC17D32E1}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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