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- Page 17 and 18: Introduction Buck Island Reef Natio
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Semi-deciduous Forest Virgin Island
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Semi-deciduous Forest Virgin Island
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Semi-evergreen Forest Virgin Island
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Semi-deciduous Woodland Virgin Isla
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Semi-evergreen Woodland Virgin Isla
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Mangrove Shrubland Virgin Islands S
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Mixed Dry Shrubland Virgin Islands
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Mixed Dry Shrubland Virgin Islands
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Mixed Dry Shrubland Virgin Islands
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Coastal Hedge Virgin Islands Sub-fo
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Beach Dune Virgin Islands Sub-forma
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Salt Pond Virgin Islands Sub-format
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Appendix C: List of Species Observe
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Appendix D: Vegetation Species Phot
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Introduction This is a photo guide
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Scientific Name Family Common Name(
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Common Name Scientific Name Common
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Paspalum laxum.....................
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Shrubs ............................
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Appendix D: Vegetation Species Phot
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Cordia rickseckeri NPS EPMT Common
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Capparis indica NPS EPMT Common box
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Common crab wood Form Tree Family E
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Ficus citrifolia Pedro Acevedo-Rodr
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Coccoloba uvifera NPS EPMT Common i
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Guajacum officinale NPS SFCN Append
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Oplonia spinosa Common Christmas bu
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Heliotropium ternatum NPS SFCN Comm
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Chamaesyce mesembrianthemifolia Com
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Caesalpinia ciliata NPS EPMT Common
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Scaevola plumieri NPS EPMT Common l
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Erithalis fruticosa NPS EPMT Common
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Jacquinia armillaris NPS SFCN Commo
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Appendix D: Vegetation Species Phot
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Tillandsia utriculata NPS EPMT NPS
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Paspalum laxum USDA-NRCS PLANTS Dat
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Appendix D: Vegetation Species Phot
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Cissus trifoliata NPS SFCN Appendix
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January 2009 Field Data Sheet BUIS
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Appendix F: Reference Literature F.
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A Guide to Caribbean Vegetation Typ
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments .
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Acknowledgments The project team wo
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Executive Summary Background Stretc
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Originally developed by ecologists
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vegetation maps for Caribbean islan
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various systems of classification h
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history, related to their Spanish,
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Richard Howard was the most recent
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Hispaniola, the second largest isla
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extensively along the ridges and th
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Dansereau (1966) recognized and map
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Chapter Two The International Class
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Chapter Three Standardized Terminol
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Crosswalk - Organizational and defi
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Dwarf Shrubland - A class of vegeta
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Trees, shrub and dwarf shrub genera
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vegetation was planted or cultivate
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production of food, feed, fiber, or
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Sod Grass - A life form of graminoi
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elow a surface layer subject to sum
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Group: I.A.3. Tropical and subtropi
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Class: II. OPEN TREE CANOPY (WOODLA
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Order: SHRUB DOMINATED Class: III.
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Subgroup: III.C.1.N. Natural/Semi-n
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(Medium-tall tropical or subtropica
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Group: V.D.1. Tropical or subtropic
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Conclusion This document and accomp
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I.A.1.N.b. Submontane tropical or s
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Solanum punctulatum, and Turpinia o
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I.A.1.N.b. Thespesia grandiflora Fo
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SYNONYMY: Tree Fern Colonies (Kimbe
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Graffenrieda rufescens, Ilex macfad
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Didymopanax tremulus - Podocarpus a
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I.A.3.N.a. Lowland tropical or subt
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guidonia, Guazuma ulmifolia, Krugio
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may include Alchornea latifolia, Ex
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Erythroxylon rotundifolium, Ficus c
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DESCRIPTION: This is a black mangro
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former association, whereas the her
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DESCRIPTION: Pine-oak mixed forest,
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CONCEPT: High-altitude mixed pine f
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DESCRIPTION: Semi-deciduous forest
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II.A.1.N.b. Seasonally/temporarily
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II.A.3.N.a. Pinus caribaea var. bah
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SYNONYMY: Euphorbio helenae-Pinetum
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II.C.1.N.x. Seasonally/temporarily
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III.A.1.N.a. Tabebuia heterophylla
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(MATORRAL SIEMPREVERDE MAREAL) III.
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SYNONYMY: Alpine thicket (Seifritz
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III.B.1.N.a. Leucaena leucocephala
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(TYPES TO BE DEFINED) (SUCCULENT-FA
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V.A.1.N.f. Temporarily flooded trop
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Paspalidium geminatum var. paludiva
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V.A.2.N.d. Medium-tall tropical or
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V.B.1.N.b. Low tropical or subtropi
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REFERENCES: Samek & Moncada (1971);
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Salvinia auriculata - Spirodela pol
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DESCRIPTION: Co-dominated by Nuphar
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CONCEPT: Emergent aquatic vegetatio
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(TYPES TO BE DEFINED) (VEGETACIÓN
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(TYPES TO BE DEFINED) VII.C.4.N.d.
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I.A.7.C.b. Casuarina equisetifolia
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Appendix Two Caribbean Vegetation C
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⎯⎯⎯ (compiler). 1980. Vegetat
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⎯⎯⎯. 1966. Flora of the Nethe
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⎯⎯⎯ and R. Capote. 1982. A ne
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Fraga, J. M. P. and J. Kvet. 1993.
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⎯⎯⎯ and ⎯⎯⎯. 1971. Übe
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Hare, M. A., D. O. Lantagne, P. G.
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⎯⎯⎯. 1972. Flowering Plants o
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Birdsey, R. A., P. L. Weaver and C.
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Portecop, J. 1979. Phytogéographie
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Boergesen, F. 1909. Notes on the sh
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Reagan, D. P. and R. B. Wade. 1996.
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Appendix Three Members of the Carib
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Carol H. Mayes Director, U.S. Virgi
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F.2 Environmental assessment for Bu
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. PURPOSE AND NE
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pasture, upland moist forest, galle
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grows in extremely high densities i
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which is probably not native to St.
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goals for the project, chosen contr
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Figure 2., Buck Island South Slope
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prioritize plant species targeted a
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3. To document the extent and locat
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damage - native plants survive in a
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Figure 7. Buck Island Reef National
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West Beach annually. The Monument
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in population size and be part of t
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Initial Rapid Control of Selected I
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different from each other and did n
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Jorge Salivas, Ecological Services,
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Task Order Number Two (2): J5000 01
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order to reduce or eliminate poor h
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a. Herbicide Storage, Mixing, and M
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Control Project. Copies of all Mate
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PlOEpru:ed for tiE NatiaJal. Biolcg
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(certainly the "storm of the centur
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Piles of twigs and foliage could be
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U.S. Virgin Islands Vegetation Comm
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Dry Forest I.C.1.N.a. Lowland tropi
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Drought Deciduous Woodland (ddw) -T
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a small percentage of shrub species
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F.5 Vascular plant inventory and ma
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Vascular Plant Inventory and Mappin
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Vascular Plant Inventory and Mappin
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Vascular Plant Inventory and Mappin
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Vascular Plant Inventory and Mappin
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Vascular Plant Inventory and Mappin
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Vascular Plant Inventory and Mappin
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Vascular Plant Inventory and Mappin
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Appendix A. List of plant species r
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Appendix A. List of plant species r
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Appendix B. Distribution map of Lan
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THE ERADICATION OF INTRODUCED RATS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables...
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LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Endangere
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INTRODUCTION Once introduced to an
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The NPS requested the U.S. Departme
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This final report documents the det
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station. Vegetation data were colle
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This activity resulted in the estab
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Table 2. Rodenticide bait block app
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each end of the grid line. The trap
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Table 3. Bait station placements an
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with 4 bait blocks each (2 of each
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introduced rodent species has been
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were captured (Table 1). It is impo
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CONCLUSIONS The National Park Servi
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Campbell, E. 1989. The effects of i
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F.7 Flora of Buck Island Reef Natio
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wide north-south and is 329 feet hi
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CLIMATE The climate of Buck Island
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4 1/2 ft.) sometimes to 35 ft . hig
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The remaining families have 5 o r f
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1. Gramineae (Grass family) "Androp
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10. Piperaceae (Pepper family) Pepe
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I \ • I 21. Lauraceae (Laurel fam
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(elsewhere sometimes a small tree).
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37. Malvaceae (Mallow family) Abuti
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.. colony seen. Ipomoea arenaria (C
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• • .. small tree. Ernodea litt
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Little, Elbert L., r-., Roy O. Wood
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