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D094 Caribbean-Mesoamerican Lowland Grassland, Savanna & Shrubland Division
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Caribbean-Mesoamerican Lowland Grassland, Savanna & Shrubland Division
Colloquial Name: Caribbean-Mesoamerican Lowland Grassland, Savanna & Shrubland
Hierarchy Level: Division
Type Concept: Among the grasslands and savannas included in this Division, the most important by far is the extensive savanna region on the left (north and west) side of the Orinoco River in Colombia and Venezuela, also known as Llanos. Four distinct savanna vegetation subregions exist in the Llanos, reflecting drainage differences, all of them dominated by perennial grasses: the Overflow Plains, the Aeolian Plains, the High Plains, and the Piedmont Savannas.
Range: Venezuela and Colombia, about 500,000 square km.
Range: Venezuela and Colombia, about 500,000 square km.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: No Data Available
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: No Data Available
Nations: BS,BZ,CO,CR,CU,DO,GT,HN,HT,JM,MX,NI,PA,PR,SV,TT,US,VI,XC,XD
States/Provinces: FL
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.860342
Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.A Tropical Grassland, Savanna & Shrubland Subclass | S01 | 2.A |
| Formation | 2.A.1 Tropical Lowland Grassland, Savanna & Shrubland Formation | F019 | 2.A.1 |
| Division | 2.A.1.Ea Caribbean-Mesoamerican Lowland Grassland, Savanna & Shrubland Division | D094 | 2.A.1.Ea |
| Macrogroup | 2.A.1.Ea.1 Catclaw Blackbead - Prickly-pear species - Agave species Scrub Macrogroup | M671 | 2.A.1.Ea.1 |
| Macrogroup | 2.A.1.Ea.90 Caribbean-Mesoamerican Lowland Ruderal Grassland & Shrubland Macrogroup | M515 | 2.A.1.Ea.90 |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- Faber-Langendoen, D., J. Drake, S. Gawler, M. Hall, C. Josse, G. Kittel, S. Menard, C. Nordman, M. Pyne, M. Reid, L. Sneddon, K. Schulz, J. Teague, M. Russo, K. Snow, and P. Comer, editors. 2010-2019a. Divisions, Macrogroups and Groups for the Revised U.S. National Vegetation Classification. NatureServe, Arlington, VA. plus appendices. [in preparation]
- Woodward, S. 2008. Grassland biomes. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT.