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  2. List of trees of the Caribbean - Wikipedia

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    Didymopanax morototoni [21] – Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, and Trinidad. Introduced to Windward Islands; Frodinia. Frodinia gleasonii [22] – Puerto Rico; Frodinia tremula [23] – Hispaniola; Oreopanax. Oreopanax capitatus [24] Oreopanax dussii [25] Oreopanax ramosissimus [26] Sciodaphyllum

  3. Aglaia mariannensis - Wikipedia

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    Aglaia mariannensis (Chamorro: mapunyao or mapuñao; Carolinian: fischil liyoos), is a tree endemic to the Mariana Islands, including Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, with large (about 10–18 cm in length) dark green, glossy pinnately compound leaves, densely arranged on stems. Terminal leaf buds are often orange and fuzzy and look like ...

  4. Category:Trees of the Caribbean - Wikipedia

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    For the purposes of this category, "Caribbean" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD); that is, it is defined as a region of South America, comprising Aruba, the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, the Netherlands ...

  5. Flora of French Polynesia - Wikipedia

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    The percentage of endemic species of the islands is very small. Humans introduced numerous species, either by their uses, by being edible or by ornamentation. From Tonga and Samoa came the first human beings to the islands, specifically to the Marquesas Islands, in the year 300 AD approximately. The following migratory waves were established in ...

  6. Pinus canariensis - Wikipedia

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    Pinus canariensis is a large evergreen tree, growing to 30–40 metres (98–131 feet) tall and 100–120 centimetres (39–47 inches) diameter at breast height, [3] exceptionally up to 56 m (184 ft) tall and 988 cm (389 in) girth (314 cm (124 in) diameter). [4]

  7. Flora of the Faroe Islands - Wikipedia

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    There are no native forests in the Faroe Islands, and only a few woody plants occur. Findings of Betula pubescens trunks and branches in the soil, dated to c. 2300 BC, and the abundance of Corylus pollen in deep layers, suggest that at least some local stands of birch and hazel trees were present in the Faroe Islands, prior to human settlement.

  8. List of rock types - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of rock types recognized by geologists. There is no agreed number of specific types of rock. Any unique combination of chemical composition, mineralogy, grain size, texture, or other distinguishing characteristics can describe a rock type. Additionally, different classification systems exist for each major type of rock. [1]

  9. Casuarina - Wikipedia

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    Female cones of C. equisetifolia. Casuarina, also known as she-oak, Australian pine [3] [4] [5] and native pine, [6] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Casuarinaceae, and is native to Australia, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, islands of the western Pacific Ocean, and eastern Africa.