Turks and Caicos Islands National Vegetation and Mapping Project

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Title Page # Acknowledgements 3 1.0 - Executive Summary 4 2.0 - Methodology 6 3.0 - Analysis 12 4.0 - West Caicos 27 5.0 – Providenciales 37 6.0 - Leeward Islands 51 7.0 - French, Bush Fire, White & Seal Cay (Caicos Bank Cays) 63 8.0 - North Caicos 73 9.0 - East Bay Islands 93 10.0 - Middle Caicos 103 11.0 - Joe Grant Cay 117 12.0 - South Caicos Cays 125 13.0 - Ambergris Cays 135 14.0 - East Caicos 145 15.0 - South Caicos 155 16.0 - Grand Turk 165 17.0 - Turks Bank Cays and Big Sand Cay 175 18.0 - Salt Cay 185 Appendix A – TCI Species of Interest 194 Appendix B – Team Member Contributions 203 References and Bibliography 204 2
Acknowledgements On behalf of the SWA, Ltd., Blue Dolphin Research and Consulting Inc. and EDSA, we wish to thank the team members at the Ministry of Environment and District Administration Department of Environment and Coastal Resources Turks and Caicos Islands Government in the preparation of this report. More specifically we would like to acknowledge the following deparments and individuals for their specific roles in the development of the report: DECR Wesley Clerveaux, Director Jewel Barchasingh, Project Manager Brian Naqqi Manco, Project Liaison Lormeka Williams Dr. Eric F. Salamanca Marlon Hibbet Ground Truthing Assistance Judnel Blaise Jean Kenol Lands and Survey Leroy Charles Tracey Ann Grant Ministry of Environment Michelle Fulford Gardiner Department of Planning Carla Harrison Tshara Hyman Crown Land Unit MEDA Tatum Clerveaux JNCC Mark Crick (via speaker phone) Tara Pelembe Special acknowledgement to the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Support Co., UK, for their funding and support of the comprehensive efforts. 3
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Page 5 and 6: The following report is intended to
Page 7 and 8: Figure 2.1.1 - Equipment for Data C
Page 9 and 10: 2.3 Geographic Information Systems
Page 12 and 13: 3.0 ANALYSIS 3.1 Habitat Relative D
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Page 16 and 17: Palustrine Habitats # TCINVC Habita
Page 18 and 19: Caves As the Turks and Caicos Islan
Page 20 and 21: Acrostichum danaeifolium Giant Leat
Page 22 and 23: Fauna Faunal species and population
Page 24: Eurema chamberlaini Chamberlain’s
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Page 30 and 31: Figure 4.1.1 - 442 Coastal Habitat
Page 32 and 33: 9Sterna dougallii Roseate Tern Regi
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Figure 6.1 - Pinus caribaea Conifer
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In spite of scattered development a
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3Anous stolidus Brown Noddy Globall
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6.3 Critical Habitats Figure 6.2.2-
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, Figure 6.3.1 - Lacustrine Freshwa
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Figure 7.1 - Brown Pelicans and Nod
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7.2 Species of Interest The followi
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Figure 7.2.1 - Globally Significant
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The cays provide habitat for severa
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Figure 8.1 - 131 Forest Habitat on
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29 633 Estuarine Mixed Algal Nonvas
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8.2 Species of Interest Figure 8.2.
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1 Pienkowski (2002) 2 Ibid 31Opunti
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Figure 8.2.2 - Encyclia caicensis,
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Figure 8.2.4 - Antillean Nighthawk,
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The forest habitats of North Caicos
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Area Significance North Caicos RAMS
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Figure 8.3.3 - Pinus caribaea var.
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Figure 9.1 - Shoreline on East Bay
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Figure 9.1.2 - 413 and 633 Habitats
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7Pandion haliaetus Osprey IUCN Near
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9.3 Critical Habitats Figure 9.3.1
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Figure 10.1 - Middle Caicos Cave 10
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26Mammillaria nivosa Woolly Nipple
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The vast and diverse unspoiled land
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The Conch Bar Caves National Park i
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Table 10.3.1 - Middle Caicos Critic
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Figure 10.3.3 - 442, Coastal Rock B
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Figure 11.1 - Joe Grant Cay 118
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Joe Grant cay does not have any cur
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Figure 11.2.1 - Joe Grant Cay 122
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Spatial analysis identified 14 habi
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Figure 12.1.1 - Long Cay Habitats,
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Figure 12.2.1 - Endemic Species Bor
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The following table lists known cri
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Figure 13.1 - Ambergris Cay 136
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For islands occupying a small land
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25Mimosa bahamensis Bahama Mimosa E
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Figure 13.2.1 - Bahamas Endemic Eup
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Figure 14.1 - East Caicos 146
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East Caicos enjoys a relatively uni
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40Wedelia bahamensis Rong Bush, Bah
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Figure 14.2.1 - Opuntia lucayana, E
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Figure 15.1 - South Caicos 156
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A significant proportion of the lan
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AVES Birds 1Calliphlox evelynae Bah
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Figure 15.2.3 - Unusual West Indian
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Figure 16.1 - Grand Turk 166
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Grand Turk has the highest relative
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5Charadrius melodus Piping Plover I
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Grand Turk boasts a wide variety of
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Figure 17.1 - Turks Bank Cays, Big
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17.2 Species of Interest The follow
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Figure 17.2.1 - View of Gibbs Cay 1
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Most, if not all of the cays provid
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Figure 18.1 - Salt Cay 186
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Human altered landscapes account fo
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6Columba leucocephala White-Crowned
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18.3 Critical Habitats Salt Cay has
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Appendix A Species of Interest, Tur
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Cassia inaguensis Endemic C Cassia
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Opuntia lucayana Turk's Island Pric
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Egretta rufescens Reddish Egret IUC
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Sphaerodactylus caicosensis Dwarf G
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ATM and Wood, K. (2003). Amanyara R
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Wood, Kathleen, 2002/03. Grand Turk
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