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3 forest types
- 1. Tropical rainforests
- 2. Dry forests
- 3. Tropical dry forests
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Cloud forests
- Where: Mexico, Latin America, Ecuador, Andes (any mountain over 1,000 M)
- Why: orographic precipitation
- Species: 200 species per hectare
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Bromelaids
- -tropical plant family
- -leaf axis fill with water
- 1. good home for frog
- 2. some frogs use it for reproduction
- -Ex: PINEAPPLE
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Tropical rainforests
- Where: amazon, congo, S.east Asia
- Why: ICTZ and orographic precipitation
- Species richness: 300 species per 1 hectare
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Big Nine Plant families
- 1. Moraceae
- 2. Bombacaceae
- 3. Fabaceae,
- 4. Areaceae,
- 5. Bignoniaceae,
- 6. Myrtaceae,
- 7. Apocynaceae,
- 8. Rubiaceae,
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epiphytes
- plants that grow on other plants for support
- -orchids
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Areaceae
- -Palm family
- -Straight trunk,
- -pinnate or palmate leaves
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Morricae
- -Fig Family
- -simple leaves
- -alternate leaves
- -latex
- -conical terminal stipule
- -hemi epiphyte
- -flower: inside out
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Rubiacae
- -Coffee
- -simple entire opposite, stipules, a small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf or its stalk; -usually occurring in pairs
- -NH: Cloud forest in Central and South America most common tree and shrub
- -SPECIES ON CAMPUS: Gardenia, Coffee,
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Apocynacae
- -jasmine family
- -always simple, entirely opposite
- -latex
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Fabaccae
- -pea or legume family
- -pinnate leaves, alternate
- -3 groups based on flower
- -acacia: pom pom
- -bauhinia: open flower
- -erythina: pea like flower
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Tropical dry forests
- Where: brazil, madagascar, India, S.E Asia, Australia
- why: fluctuation of ICTZ, orographic
- Species: 75 species per hectare
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Bignoniaecae
- -Tropical Snapdragon
- -opposite compound leaves
- -big nose
- -tubular flower
- -Ex:Purple flower around campus
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Mangroves
- Where: salt water estuaries. SE Asia, Caribbean, Brazil
- Why: no freeze, shallow water, halophytes: salt water plants
- Species Richness: 5 species per hectare
- -35 in SE Asian hectare
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myrtacae
- -Eucalyptus
- -Opposite, entire simple leaves, punctation unique
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anacardaceae
- -Mango, cashew
- -ID: Compound alternate leaves, smell like turpintine
- -NH: Poison Oak, Mango, Poison Wood Tree, Brazilian Pepper
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Bombacaceae
- -columnar trunk and spreading crown
- -palmate leaves
- -alternate palmate leaves
- -spikes on trunk
- -large showy flower
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