Name:
Tropical Eastern Pacific Coastal Beach & Dune Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
The macrogroup includes both the communities that develop on beaches and dunes, mainly composed of sclerophyllous herbs, some with succulent leaves, as well as low open forests that develop on the very recent and moderately drained coastal sediments, usually behind the dunes. This environment is dominated by shrubs and low trees and palms, native and the introduced coconut. Grasses are present but are not dominant in either environment. The open forests on more developed soils are not periodically influenced by the tides, except in exceptional swells; however, there may be saturation of deeper soil layers. Characteristic species are <i>Coccoloba uvifera, Elaeis guianensis, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Caesalpinia bonduc (= Caesalpinia crista), Pithecellobium dulce, Prosopis juliflora, Pithecellobium dulce, Bromelia karatas, Crataeva tapia, Coccoloba floribunda, Pithecellobium oblongum, Hippomane mancinella, Vachellia farnesiana (= Acacia farnesiana), Uniola pittieri, Joubea pilosa, Cenchrus echinatus, Ipomoea pes-caprae, Heliotropium curassavicum, Calotropis gigantea, Canavalia rosea, Canavalia rosea (= Canavalia maritima), Vigna peduncularis, Crotalaria</i> spp., <i>Opuntia lutea, Croton niveus</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40942-{960E7E7D-CF22-41FB-9200-52CA5AFBFBD1}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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