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SOUTH
AMERICA
green equatorial forest. Trees: Ale hornea castaneifolia . . . Cecropia,
sp.; also palms: Iriartea exorrhiza . . . Taenianthera
3. Lower Amazon flooded equatorial, constantly humid evergreen
forest combined with swamp and meadow. Trees: Salix rnartiana
. .. Platymiscium ulei
4. Evergreen tropical gallery forest. Low trees: Kielmeyerea coriácea
. . . Qualea; also palms: Syagrus fiexuosa and Acrocomia sclerocarpa
5. Open woodland, scrub and savanna in the Amazon forest. Trees:
Tecoma caraiba, etc.; grasses: ïmperata brasiliensis, etc
B. Venezuelan formations
6. Venezuelan variably humid (monsoonal) evergreen equatorial
forest. Trees: Dimorphandra excelsa . . . Tabebuia serratifolia; in
open areas, palms: Mauritia, etc.
7. Colombian-Venezuelan constantly humid evergreen forest. Trees:
Ceiba pentandra . . . Bixa; epiphytes of the families: Orchidaceae,
etc.
C. Brazilian-Atlantic formations
8. Uruguayan-Brazilian variably humid evergreen tropical forest.
Trees: Cedrela fissilis . . . Rapanea balansae; sometimes groups of
tree-like ferns (Alsophila atrovirens). Occasional open woodland
and savanna
9. East Brazilian-Atlantic variably humid evergreen tropical forest.
Trees: Caesalpinia echinata . .. Diplotropis
10. South Brazilian moderately humid evergreen tropical mountain
forest. Trees: Piptadenia macrocarpa . .. Tabebuia
11. East Brazilian mountain forest with deciduous trees. Forest
canopy 20-30 meters (at upper limit 8-12 m): Meriania claussenii
. . . Griselinia ruscifolia; grasses: Trachypogon polymorphus . . .
Chusquea pinifolia; lianas and herbs: Ditassa myrtilloides . . .
Cereus obtusangulus; in open places: Melinia glaziovii, etc.
12. East Brazilian variably humid tropical forest combined with
secondary tall-grass savanna. Trees: Aspidosperma etc.; grasses:
Trachypogon, etc.
D. Andean formations
13. Colombian-Peruvian constantly humid evergreen equatorial and
tropical mountain forest of the hot zone (tierra caliente). Forest
canopy at 25-33 meters: Castilloa elástica . . . Cecropia; lianas:
Hyppocratea ovata . . . Haemadictyon riedelii; epiphytic orchids,
ferns, mosses, lichens
14. Colombian variably humid tropical mountain forest combined
with tall-grass savanna. Forest canopy: Cedrela . . . Sapium;
palms: Oreodoxa . . . Ceroxylon andicolum; shrubs; Roupala
complicata, etc.
15. Tucuman-Bolivian moderately humid tropical mountain forest of
the hot zone (tierra caliente). Forest canopy at 20-40 meters:
Tipuana tipu, etc.
16. Peruvian-Ecuadorian variably humid equatorial and tropical
mountain forest of the temperate and cold zones (tierra templada
and tierra fria). Trees: Siparuna boliviensis . . . Cinchona; lianas:
Dioscorea spectabilis . . . Mutisia lanata; abundant epiphytic mosses
and ferns
17. Andean mountain cloud forest with deciduous trees. Low trees
(dominant Eugenia species) and shrubs of the myrtle family, and
evergreen oaks. Epiphytes abound on trees: mosses, club moss,
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