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  • Trees common to the tidal várzea include important timber species such as Virola surinamensis, Cedrelinga castanaeformis, Ceiba pentandra, Calycophyllum brasiliensis, and other species of large trees such as Ficus spp.,

    Marajó varzea 2008

  • On land disturbed by agriculture dominants of the secondary forest include Salix humboltiana, Ceiba pentandra and species of Bambusa and Pithecellobium.

    Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras 2008

  • Some important timber species on the high edge of the várzea include Ceiba pentandra, Manilkara amazonica, and Virola surinamensis.

    Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests 2008

  • Today, the most common vegetation is represented by Crescentia cujete, Guazuma ulmifolia, Cassia fistula, Bursera graveolens, Spondias mombin, Bauhinia picta, Ceiba pentandra and Gliricidia sepium.

    Patía Valley dry forests 2008

  • Dispersed in the grasslands are trees of Crecentia cujete, Ceiba pentandra, Lecythis minor, Ochroma pyramidale, Prosopis juliflora, Cavanillesia platanifolia and palms trees of Sabal mauritiiformis, Acrocomia aculeate, Attalea butyracea and several Bactris spp.

    Sinú Valley dry forests 2008

  • The tallest trees that emerge from the canopy include Ceiba pentandra, Terminalia amazonica, Cedrelinga catenaeformis, Carapa guianensis, and Hevea guianensis var. lutea, a type of rubber tree.

    Solimões-Japurá moist forest 2008

  • Large-scale commercial logging has occurred on and around Marajó Island since the 1950s, all but replacing certain valuable native species: Virola surinamensis, Carapa guianensis, Cedrela odorata, Ceiba pentandra, and Maquira coreaceae.

    Marajó varzea 2008

  • Herbaceous species include Sebaea pentandra, Lobelia kirkii and Gladiolus unguiculatus, and the dense fern growth includes Cheilanthos farinosa.

    Mosi-oa-Tunya Victoria Falls, Zambia 2009

  • The major commercial timber species such as Virola surinamensis and Ceiba pentandra are all but depleted in this region.

    Gurupa varzea 2008

  • Large trees of the forest include Hura crepitans, Triplaris surinamensis, Calycophyllum spruceanum, Cedrela oderata, Pseudobombax munguba, Virola surinamensis, and Ceiba pentandra.

    Gurupa varzea 2008

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