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There are 14
Holdridge life zones in
Guatemala:
[1]
[2]
[3]
Life zones
|
km²
|
%
|
Indicator vegetation species
[1]
[2]
|
Subtropical thorn scrub
|
928
|
0.85
|
Cactus spp.,
Pereskia spp.,
Jacquinia
aurantiaca,
Guaiacum sanctum,
Bucida macrostachya,
Vachellia farnesiana,
Cordia dentata.
|
Tropical dry forest
|
216
|
0.20
|
Omphalea
oleifera,
Talisia olivaeformis,
Chloroleucon mangense,
Jacaratia mexicana,
Myrospermum frutescens.
|
Subtropical dry forest
|
3,964
|
3.64
|
Cochlospermum
vitifolium,
Swietenia humilis,
Alvaradoa amorphoides,
Sabal mexicana,
Phyllocarpus
septentrionalis,
Ceiba aesculifolia,
Albizia caribaea,
Rhizophora mangle,
Avicennia nitida,
Leucaena guatemalensis.
|
Subtropical moist forest (temperate)
|
12,320
|
11.32
|
Pinus oocarpa,
Curatella americana,
Quercus spp.,
Byrsonima crassifolia.
|
Subtropical moist forest (warm)
|
27,000
|
24.81
|
- Southern zone:
Sterculia apetala,
Platymiscium dimorphandrum,
Maclura tinctoria,
Cordia alliodora.
- Northern zone:
Byrsonima crassifolia,
Curatella americana,
Xylopia frutescens,
Metopium brownei,
Quercus oleoides,
Sabal morisiana,
Manilkara zapota,
Pseudobombax ellipticum,
Pimenta dioica,
Aspidosperma megalocarpon,
Alseis yucatensis
|
Subtropical wet forest (warm)
|
40,700
|
37.41
|
- Southern zone:
Scheelea preussii,
Terminalia oblonga,
Enterolobium cyclocarpum,
Sickingia salvadorensis,
Triplaris melaenodendrum,
Cybistax donnell-smithii,
Andira inermis.
- Northern zone:
Attalea cohune,
Terminalia amazonia,
Brosimum alicastrum,
Lonchocarpus spp.,
Virola spp.,
Cecropia pentandra,
Vochysia guatemalensis,
Pinus caribaea.
|
Subtropical wet forest (temperate)
|
2,584
|
2.38
|
Liquidambar styraciflua,
Persea donnell-smithii,
Eurya seemanii,
Pinus pseudostrobus,
Persea schediana,
Rapanea ferruginea,
Clethra spp.,
Myrica spp.,
Croton draco.
|
Subtropical rain forest
|
1,144
|
1.05
|
Magnolia guatemalensis,
Talauma spp.,
Alfaroa spp.
|
Tropical rain forest
|
2,636
|
2.42
|
Acacia cookii,
Cordia gerascanthus,
Zanthoxylum belicense,
Crudia spp.,
Podocarpus spp.,
Basiloxylon excelsa.
|
Subtropical lower montane moist forest
|
9,769
|
8.98
|
Quercus spp.,
Pinus pseudostrobus,
Pinus montezumae,
Juniperus comitana,
Alnus jorullensis,
Ostrya spp.,
Carpinus spp.,
Prunus serotina capuli,
Arbutus xalapensis.
|
Subtropical lower montane wet forest
|
5,512
|
5.07
|
Cupressus lusitanica,
Pinus ayacahuite,
Chiranthodendron pentadactylon,
Pinus hartwegii,
Pinus pseudostrobus,
Alnus jorullensis,
Quercus spp.,
Zinowiewia spp.,
Buddleja spp.
|
Subtropical lower montane rain forest
|
908
|
0.83
|
Podocarpus oleifolius,
Alfaroa costaricensis,
Engelhardtia spp.,
Billia hippocastanum,
Magnolia guatemalensis,
Brunellia spp.,
Oreopanax xalapensis,
Hedyosmum mexicanum,
Gunnera spp.
|
Subtropical montane moist forest
|
88
|
0.08
|
Juniperus standleyi,
Pinus hartwegii.
|
Subtropical montane wet forest
|
1,040
|
0.96
|
Abies guatemalensis,
Pinus ayacahuite,
Pinus hartwegii,
Pinus pseudostrobus,
Cupressus lusitanica,
Quercus spp.,
Bocona volcanica,
Buddleja spp.,
Cestrum spp.,
Garya spp.,
Bacharia spp.
|
Total area
|
108,809
|
100%
|
|
References