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SOUTH AMERICA
ferns. At the upper limit, trees are stunted, bushy, and umbrellashaped;
abundant shrubs of the heath, thistle, myrtle and rose
families, also dwarf bamboo growths
E. Galapagos formations
18. Galapagos variably humid tropical mountain forest with deciduous
trees and shrubs. Trees: Miconia robinsoniana, Epidendrum spicatum;
shrubs: Acacia, Tournefortia, Psychotria, Cor dia; lianas:
Passiflora, Ipomoea; epiphytes of the Orchidaceae, etc.
II. Mangrove Vegetation
19. Mangrove. Low trees: Rhizophora mangle, etc.
III. Tropical Dry Forest, Xerophilic Open Woodland and Semi-XerophilÍc
Formations on Waterlogged Ground
A. Argentine formations
20. Tropical waterlogged herb and open-woodland groupings and
floating plants. Trees: Tecoma caraiba, Ceiba glaziovii, Parantheria
prostrata; palms: Copernicia austraïis, C tectorum, Mauritia
vinifera; herbs: Oryza subulata, etc.
21. Paraguay an-Argentine dry tropical forest and open woodland
(Chaco). Forest canopy at 10-20 meters: Prosopis alba . . . Zizyphus
mistol; also palms: Trithrinax campestris . . . Copernicia;
spiny shrubs of the families Ulmaceae, etc.
22. Paraguay an-Argentine xero-halophytic and swampy tropical forest
and open woodland. Forest canopy at 10 to 20/25 meters: Tecoma
argéntea . . . Prosopis juliflora; palms: Copernicia cerifera,
Trithrinax schizophylla; herbs: grasses of the Guadua sp., Cyperus
giganteus, Scirpus riparius, Pontederia cordata; in water bodies,
Eichhornia crassipes, Victoria cruziana
B. Andean formations
23. Tucuman-Bolivian dry tropical mountain forest and open woodland.
Trees: Phoebe porphyria . . . Prosopis juli flora; shrubs:
Prunus sphaerocarpa etc.
IV. Tropical Savanna
A. Brazilian-Atlantic formations
24. Brazilian palm forest. Palms: Copernicia cecijera (16-20 meters
high, 30-50 cm diameter) . . . Martiana; also the trees: Hancornia
s pecio sa, etc.
25. Brazilian savanna with xerophilic trees and shrubs (campos cerrados).
Grasses: Paspalum, Panicum, Andropogon, Aristida;
trees and shrubs: Curatella americana, etc.
26. Brazilian tropical tall-grass savanna (campos limpos) Grasses:
Tristachya chrysothrix . . . Eragrostis articulata; Leguminasae of
the genera Meibomia, Crotalaria, Stylosanthes; trees: Ficus subtriplinervia
. . . Aspidosperma guaranitia; shrubs: Zizyphus elegans,
etc.
27. Brazilian-Uruguayan tropical treeless savanna. Grasses: Andropogon
condensatus . . . Stipa neesiana; many species of the families
Compositae etc.
B. Orinoco formations
28. Maracaibo savanna with mesophilic shrubs. Grasses of the genera
Paspalum, Andropogon, Panicum, Eragrostis, Sporobolus; trees of
the genera Roupala, Byrsonima, and leguminous shrubs of the
genera Meibomia, etc.
29. Venezuelan savanna (llanos) with xerophilic shrubs and woodland.
Grasses: Paspalum fasciculatum . . . Aristida riparia; trees:
Caesalpinia corlaría . . . Byrsonima crassifolia; palms: Copernicia
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