Last Frontiers-Belize (I) Gales Point – Belize District - Belize Quick identification guide for some conspicuous or common native vegetation Photos © Jan Meerman, Belize Tropical Forest Studies, 2010 Typha dominguensis Bulbostylis sp. Rhynchospora barbata Fibristylis sp. Acrostychum aureum Typhaceae Cyperaceae Cyperaceae Cyperaceae Pteridophyta Reed: Wetland Sedge: Savanna Sedge: Savanna Sedge: Savanna Fern: Wetland Zamia prasina Zamia meermanii Acoelorraphe wrightii Attalea cohune Attalea cohune Zamiaceae Zamiaceae Arecaeae Arecaceae Arecaceae Cycad: Savanna/Forest Cycad: Steep Cliffs Palm: Wet areas Palm: Hills Palm: Hills Schippia concolor Bactris mexicana Bactris mexicana Brassavola nodosa Oeceoclades maculata Arecaceae Arecaceae Palm: Arecaceae Orchidaceae Orchidaceae Palm: Savanna scrub Wet forest Palm: Wet forest Orchid: Savanna Orchid: Hill forest Catasetum Vriesea heliconoides. Catopsis berteroana Najas wrightii Xyris ambigua integerrimum Bromeliaceae Bromeliaceae Najadaceae Xyridaceae Orchidaeceae Bromeliad: on Trees in Bromeliad: on trees Aquatic plant: Herb: Savanna Orchid: On Trees wet forest wetlands Last Frontiers-Belize (II) Gales Point – Belize District - Belize Quick identification guide for some conspicuous or common native vegetation Photos © Jan Meerman, Belize Tropical Forest Studies, 2010 Anisantherina hispidula Buchnera pusilla Dalechampia schippii Hypericum terra-firmae Polygala sp. Polygalaceae Scrophulariaceae. Herb: Scrophulariaceae Euphorbiaceae Vine: Clusiaceae Herb: Herb: Savanna Savanna Herb: Savanna Savanna Savanna Utricularia juncea Passiflora foetida Nymphaea indica Marsypianthes Ipomoea squamosa. Lentibulariaceae Passifloraceae Menyanthaceae Aquatic chamaedrys Lamiaceae Convolvulaceae Vine: Herb: Wet savanna Vine:Disturbed areas herb: Wetland Herb: Savanna Forest Edges Melastelma stetomeris Philodendron Byrsonima bucidifolia Byrsonima crassifolia Byrsonima crassifolia Asclepidaceae Vine: fragrantisium Araceae Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae Savanna Vine: Forest Shrub: Savanna Shrub: Savanna Shrub: Savanna Calliandra houstoniana Calophyllum brasiliense Calyptranthes Cameraria latifolia Cameraria latifolia Mimosoideae Shrub: Clusiaceae Timber chytraculia Myrtaceae. Apocynaceae Shrub: Apocynaceae Shrub: Savanna tree: Forest Tree: Wet forest Savanna Savanna Last Frontiers-Belize (III) Gales Point – Belize District - Belize Quick identification guide for some conspicuous or common native vegetation Photos © Jan Meerman, Belize Tropical Forest Studies, 2010 Cecropia peltata Ochroma pyramidale Cassipourea guianensis Rhizophora mangle Chrysobalanus icaco Cecropiaceae Tree: Bombacaceae Tree: Rhizophoraceae Small Rhizophoraceae Chrysobalaceae. Shrub: Hill Forst Disturbed forest Tree: Wet forest Mangrove: Lagoon edge Wet savanna Conocarpus erecta Cyrilla recemosa Cyrilla recemosa Diospyros bumeloides Diphysa carthagensis Combretaceae Shrub: Cyrillaceae Shrub: Cyrillaceae Shrub: Ebenaceae. Shrub: Papilionoideae Shrub: Savanna Savanna Scrub Savanna Scrub Savanna Savanna Erthroxylon Erthroxylon rotundifolia Erthroxylon rotundifolia Eugenia sp. Myrtaceae. Eugenia sp. Myrtaceae. guatemalensis Erythroxylaceae Shrub: Erythroxylaceae Shrub: Shrub: Savanna Shrub: Savanna Erythroxylaceae Shrub: Savanna Savanna Savanna Eugenia sp. Myrtaceae. Eugenia eruginea Hibiscus pernambucensis Hirtella racemosa Ilex guianensis Shrub: Savanna Myrtaceae. Shrub: Wet Malvaceae. Shore line Chrysobalanaceae. Aquifoliaceae Shrub: forest shrub Shrub: Forest Savanna Last Frontiers-Belize (IV) Gales Point – Belize District - Belize Quick identification guide for some conspicuous or common native vegetation Photos © Jan Meerman, Belize Tropical Forest Studies, 2010 Jacquinia macrocarpa Jacquinia macrocarpa Machaonia lindeniana Metopium brownei Amphitecna breedlovei Theophrastaceae Shrub: Theophrastaceae Shrub: Rubiaceae Shrub: Anacardiaceae Bignoniaceae. Savanna Savanna forest edges Shrub: Savanna Shrub: Forest Hamelia rovirosae Pithecellobium lanc Purdiea belizensis Purdiea belizensis Symphonia globulifera Rubiaceae Shrub: Mimosoidea Shrub: Cyrillaceae. Shrub: Cyrillaceae. Shrub: Clusiaceae. Tree: Forest edges Savanna Savanna Savanna Swamp forest Mimosa pellita Ouratea nitida Ouratea nitida Pachyra aquatica Thevetia ahouai Mimosoideae. Shrub: Ochnaceae Shrub: Ochnaceae Shrub: Bombacaceae Tree: Apocynaceae Wetlands Swamp forest Swamp forest Swamp forest Shrub: Forest Pterocarpus officinalis Turnera aromatica Xylopia frutescens Lonchocarpus rugosus Zygia cognate Papilioideae Tree: Turneraceae Annonaceae Tree: Papilionoideae Tree: Mimosoideae Shrub: Swamp forest Shrub: Savanna Forest Forest Swamp Forest .