I.C.1.N.a.5.3 - Pisonia fragrans - Bursera simaruba - Tabebuia pallida - Ceiba pentandra / Pimenta racemosa - Cordia alliodora Forest

Végétation des Caraïbes : système de classification préliminaire et descriptions

Description des postes typologiques

Semi-deciduous forest originally occurring fairly extensively in a broad band around the southern coast of Martinique, inland from the Tabebuia pallida - Calophyllum calaba - Coccoloba swartzii - Bursera simaruba - Hippomane mancinella - Coccoloba uvifera Forest. The average annual temperature is 26-27 degrees C, the average annual rainfall 900- 1300mm, with occasional drought years with as little as 300-500 mm, and with a dry season in most years of 2-6 months with less than 50mm of precipitation. Canopy height ranges from 20-25m, with typical species including Pisonia fragrans, Bursera simaruba, Tabebuia pallida, Ceiba pentandra. Shorter trees include Pimenta racemosa, Cordia alliodora, Myrcia citrifolia, and Myrcia splendens. A well-developed shrub layer includes species such as Pithecellobium unguis-cati, Parkinsonia aculeata, Randia aculeata, Coccoloba swartzii, Rauvolfia viridis, Daphnopsis caribaea, Psychotria nervosa, Zanthoxylum punctatum, Capparis flexuosa, Croton spp., Acacia spp., Pilosocereus royenii.

Distribution des postes typologiques

Martinique.

Commentaires

Based on Kimber (1988).

Synonymie

Dry Woodland (Kimber 1988).

Bibliographie

 Areces-Mallea A.E., Weakley A.S., Li X., Sayre R.G., Parrish J.D., Tipton C.V. & Boucher T. 1999. A Guide to Carribbean Vegetation Types: Preliminary Classification System and Description. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, 166p. (Source)