. The Caribbean forester. Forests and forestry Caribbean Area Periodicals; Forests and forestry Tropics Periodicals. Pourouma aspera Symphonia globulifera Piper sp9 Cecropia sp. Pnevunatophores, thorns, cauliflory, and succulent leaves and stems are absent. Numerous palms aind the rattan Desmonous are present. The palms include; Orbignya cohune. Chamaedorea sp., Synechanthus sp., and Geonoma sp. Possibly half of the emergents are deciduous although this varied widely between plots. The canopy is almost entirely evergreen. Leaf fall takes place in January and February and new leaves are produce
. The Caribbean forester. Forests and forestry Caribbean Area Periodicals; Forests and forestry Tropics Periodicals. Pourouma aspera Symphonia globulifera Piper sp9 Cecropia sp. Pnevunatophores, thorns, cauliflory, and succulent leaves and stems are absent. Numerous palms aind the rattan Desmonous are present. The palms include; Orbignya cohune. Chamaedorea sp., Synechanthus sp., and Geonoma sp. Possibly half of the emergents are deciduous although this varied widely between plots. The canopy is almost entirely evergreen. Leaf fall takes place in January and February and new leaves are produced in March, The types and sizes of leaves are shown in the Table 6. Table 6. —Leaf Types and Sizes in High Forest Plots. (Tipos y TamafLos de las Hojas~en los Arboles de Monte Alto) Species (Especie). Number of leaflets (NiSmero de foliolas) Size!/ (Tamaap) Leaves (Hojas) Leaflets (Foliolas) Virola koschnyi Simple Mesophyll Calophyllum brasiliense Simple Mesophyll Guarea excelsa Pinnate 5-7 Macrophyll Mesophyll Licania hypoleuca Simple Mesophyll Voschysia sp. Simple Mesophyll Luctuna sp. Simple Macrophyll Sloanea sp. Simple Macrophyll Rinorea sp. Simple Macrophyll Rheedia edulis Simple Mesophyll Dialium guianense Pinnate 5-7 Mesophyll Microphyll Simaruba glauca Pinnate to 30 Mesophyll Microphyll iQga sp. Pinnate 5-8 Macrophyll Mesophyll Pterocarpus hayesii Pinnate 5-8 Macrophyll Mesophyll Protium copal Pinnate 5-7 Macrophyll Mesophyll Mouriria sp. Simple Microphyll All palms Pinnate Numerous Terminalia sp. Simple Microphyll Aspidosperma megalocarpon Simple Mesophyll Brosimum sp. Simple Mesophyll Piper sp. Simple Mesophyll Guettarda sp. Simple Macrophyll Miconia sp. Simple Macrophyll Acacia sp. Pinnate Leptophyll Raunkiaer's leaf size classes. - 53 - January 1945. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original wo
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