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G607 Micronesian Coastal Wooded Strand Group

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Micronesian Coastal Wooded Strand Group

Colloquial Name: Micronesian Coastal Wooded Strand

Hierarchy Level:  Group

Type Concept: Except where volcanic rock is common (northern Marianas), most elevated strand vegetation is on limestone, with rich and varied vegetation. This strand is typically dominated by scrub and forest, including Pemphis acidula, Scaevila taccada, Capparis cordifolia, Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Terminalia samoensis, Barringtonia asiatica, Pandanus, Thespesia, Excoecaria, and Casuarina. Vines are common, including Canavalia cathartica, Mucuna, Cassytha filiformis, and Ipomoea macrantha.

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
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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: FM,GU,MP,PW

States/Provinces:  No Data Available

Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

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.3 Tropical Scrub & Herb Coastal Vegetation Formation F024 2.A.3
Division 2.A.3.Ob Polynesian Scrub & Herb Coastal Vegetation Division D078 2.A.3.Ob
Macrogroup 2.A.3.Ob.3 Micronesian Scrub & Herb Coastal Vegetation Macrogroup M233 2.A.3.Ob.3
Group 2.A.3.Ob.3.a Micronesian Coastal Wooded Strand Group G607 2.A.3.Ob.3.a
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
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Concept Author(s): Faber-Langendoen et al.

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  • 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]