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The fifth and final layer is the herb layer which is the forest floor. The forest floor is mainly bare except for various plants, mosses, and ferns. The forest floor is much more dense than above because of little sunlight and air movement. [2] Plant species native to the tropics found in tropical ecosystems are known as
Frodinia tremula [ 23 ] – Hispaniola. Oreopanax. Oreopanax capitatus [ 24 ] Oreopanax dussii [ 25 ] Oreopanax ramosissimus [ 26 ] Sciodaphyllum. Sciodaphyllum attenuatum [ 27 ] – Leeward Islands and Windward Islands. Sciodaphyllum glabratum [ 28 ] – Trinidad. Sciodaphyllum brownei [ 29 ] – Jamaica.
Ixora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. [ 1 ] It is the only genus in the tribe Ixoreae. It consists of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs and holds around 544 species. [ 2 ] Though native to the tropical and subtropical areas throughout the world, its centre of diversity is in Tropical Asia.
Tabebuia rosea, also called pink poui, and rosy trumpet tree [2] is a neotropical tree that grows up to 30 m (98 ft) and can reach a diameter at breast height of up to 100 cm (3 ft). The Spanish name roble de sabana , meaning "savannah oak", is widely used in Costa Rica , probably because it often remains in heavily deforested areas and because ...
Rhizophora mangle, also known as the red mangrove, [ 1 ] is a salt-tolerant, small-to-medium sized evergreen tree restricted to coastal, estuarine ecosystems along the southern portions of North America, the Caribbean as well as Central America and tropical West Africa. [ 2 ] Its viviparous "seeds", in actuality called propagules, become fully ...
Category. : Trees of the Caribbean. This category contains articles related to the tree flora of the Caribbean. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the purposes of this category, "Caribbean" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions ...
Chrysobalanus icaco, the cocoplum, paradise plum, abajeru or icaco, also called fat pork in Trinidad and Tobago, is a low shrub or bushy tree found near sea beaches and inland throughout tropical Africa, tropical Americas and the Caribbean, and in southern Florida and the Bahamas. [2] An evergreen, it is also found as an exotic species on other ...
Eugenia uniflora, the pitanga, [5] Suriname cherry, [6] Brazilian cherry, [5] Cayenne cherry, [7] cerisier carré, [8] monkimonki kersie, ñangapirí, [9] or shimarucu [10] is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae, native to tropical South America’s east coast, ranging from Suriname, French Guiana to southern Brazil, as well as Uruguay and parts of Paraguay and Argentina.