Name:
Guajiran Xeromorphic Scrub & Woodland Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This macrogroup represents the vegetation that occurs on dry sandy-clayish soils on the northwestern shore of Lake Maracaibo, the Guajira Peninsula and xeric lowlands of the Caribbean coast of Colombia. In Venezuela it extends to the east along the littoral. This type of tall scrub or woodland has three layers, the highest reaches 5-8 m. Where the drought stress is more pronounced, columnar cacti dominate the upper layer. Diagnostic species include <i>Acacia tortuosa, Vachellia farnesiana (= Acacia farnesiana), Prosopis juliflora, Pilosocereus moritzianus, Caesalpinia coriaria, Calliandra obtusifolia, Pereskia guamacho, Pereskia colombiana, Opuntia caribaea, Aspidosperma cuspa, Melochia tomentosa, Haematoxylon basiletto, Jatropha gossypiifolia, Jacquinia</i> spp., <i>Stenocereus griseus (= Ritterocereus griseus), Parkinsonia aculeata, Amaranthus dubius, Croton ovalifolius, Agave cocui, Erythrina velutina, Clerodendrum ternifolium, Gyrocarpus americanus, Cereus margaritensis, Caesalpinia coriaria (= Libidibia coriaria), Cordia curassavica, Bursera graveolens, Tabebuia billbergii, Astronium graveolens, Bulnesia arborea, Phyllostylon rhamnoides, Bumelia obtusifolia, Piptadenia flava, Acacia glomerosa, Copaifera venezuelana, Gyrocarpus americanus, Talisia olivaeformis, Platymiscium pinnatum, Lonchocarpus atropurpureus, Lonchocarpus punctatus, Lonchocarpus sanctae-marthae, Platymiscium polystachium, Capparis odoratissima</i>, and <i>Vitex cymosa</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40996-{FFAB1D98-90D0-4EBF-952F-C0F4C64A6C06}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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