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Mesoamerican Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Mesoamerican Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Macrogroup
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: These herbaceous and shrubland wetlands occur in different hydrogeomorphologic situations in the floodplains of rivers of the Caribbean basin of Colombia and Venezuela. The climate is seasonal. Mean annual precipitation is over 2200 mm, falling during a 6-7 month wet season; the mean annual temperature is above 25°C. These wetlands occur in depressions that are permanently to semipermanently inundated, fed by stream overflow, seepage and ground waters. Characteristic species include <i>Anthurium semani, Maranta arundinacea</i>, and <i>Typha domingensis</i>, together with the associated trees/shrubs <i>Annona glabra, Callophylum maria, Erythrina fusca (= Erythrina glauca), Pterocarpus officinalis, Samanea saman</i>, and <i>Trema integerrima</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40949-{BA374E72-289D-4C6B-881E-F6001A310BBF}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-May-2019 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.885034 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: M711
  Scientific: Mesoamerican Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Macrogroup