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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH E00544584 HERB. HORT. EDINB, » The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh The Flora of Belize Chrysobalanaceae Chrysobalanus icaco L. Belize: Belize, Northern Highway, ca mile 40; 50 m east of road. Site 8 17° 46° 02.94" N 88° 28° 21.18" W (WGS84) Open woody savanna with scattered pine; with abundant Logwood (2-5 m), frequent Eugenia sp (2.5 m) & Jacquinia sp (1.5 m), occasional Myrica cerifera (1.5 m), Camareria latifolia (3-5 m) providing 5%. Herb layer 70% sedges and 30% grasses together providing 40% ground cover with large patches of bare sandy soil and algal mats. Evidence of recent inundation and some past burning. ‘ Alt.: 40m Occasional shrub to 1-2 m; non-descript white flowers Goodwin, Zoé A. with Barrientos, Eduardo 1133 BE ORT 208 Darwin Initiative Project No.17022 Conservation of the lowland savanna €cosystem in Beliz e oOo = xo] oO Ps — o o 4 od p= DS lok fe) Oo ) Meee493
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