17 Acres Table
| Tree and Plant Table, Parrot Reserve SouthWest | ||||
| Plants noted (did not note and identify all): | ||||
| Found in following habitat (see text for description) | ||||
| Dry karst | South | Abandoned | ||
| Forest | Bluff Edge | Farmland | Family | Species |
| Agave | yes | Agavaceae | Agave caymanensis | |
| Broadleaf | Boraginaceae | Cordia sebestena var.caymanensis | ||
| Clitoria tern. | Leguminosae | Clitoria ternatea | ||
| Bamboo Grass | Poaceae | Lasiacis divaricata | ||
| Banana orchid | Orchidaceae | Myrmecophila thompsoniana var. minor | ||
| Bullhoof | yes | Fabaceae | Bauhinia divaricata | |
| Bitter Plum | yes | Euphorbiaceae | Picrodendron baccatum | |
| Christmas bloss. | Asteraceae | Lepidaploa divaricata | ||
| Cabbage tree | yes | Nyctaginaceae | Guapira discolor | |
| Peperomia spp? | Piperaceae | |||
| Candlewood | Rutaceae | Amyris elemifera | ||
| Chalice Vine | yes | Solanaceae | Solandra longiflora | |
| Cissus trifoliat | yes | Vitaceae | Cissus trifoliata | |
| Clusia | yes | yes | Clusiaceae | Clusia rosea, flava |
| Cockspur | Fabaceae | Ceasalpina bonduc | ||
| Cherry | yes | Myrtaceae | Myrcianthes frgrans | |
| Duppy Bush | yes | Yes | Euphorbiaceae | Phyllanthus angustifolius |
| Exothea | yes (small) | Sapindaceae | Exothea paniculata | |
| Fiddlewood | yes | yes (dead) | Verbenaceae | Petitia domingensis |
| Fig(alba) | yes | yes | Moraceae | Ficus alba |
| Harrisia gracilis | Cactaceae | Harrisia gracilis | ||
| Headache bush | yes | Capparaceae | Capparis cynophallophora | |
| Jeremiah Bush | Salicaceae | Zuelania guidonia | ||
| Lancewood | Rubiaceae | Randiaaculeata | ||
| Licorice | Leguminosae | Abrus precatorius | ||
| Mahoe | yes | yes | Malvaceae | Malvaviscus arboreus var.cubensis |
| Mastic (yellow) | Sapotaceae | Sideroxylon foetidissimum | ||
| mango (blossoming) | Anacardiaceae | Mangifera indica | ||
| Manchineel | Euphorbiaceae | Hippomane mancinella | ||
| Parrot Bill | Nyctaginaceae | Pisonia aculeata | ||
| Phyllanthus nutans | yes | yes | Euphorbiaceae | Phyllanthus nutans |
| Pepper cinnamon | Canellaceae | Canella winterana | ||
| Pickle Wood | yes | yes | Rubiaceae | Guettarda elliptica |
| Pilosocereus s. | yes | yes | Cactaceae | Pilosocereus swartzii |
| Plumeria | yes | yes | Apocynaceae | Plumeria obtusa |
| Pompero | Sapindaceae | Hypelate trifoliata | ||
| Pilostes globosa | yes | Apodanthaceae | Pilostyles globosa | |
| Rat Wood | yes | yes | Erythroxylylaceae | Erythroxylum rotundifolium |
| Red birch | yes | yes | Burseraceae | Bursera simaruba |
| Rosemary | Euphorbiaceae | Croton linearis | ||
| Spanish Elm | yes | yes | Boraginaceae | Cordia gerascanthus |
| [“Japanese lantern vine”] | ||||
| White Fiddlewood | yes | Verbenaceae | Citharexylum fruticosum | |
| Silver thatch | yes | Palmae | Coccothrinax proctorii | |
| Strawberry | yes | Myrtaceae | Eugenia axillaris | |
| Smokewood | Erythroxylylaceae | Erythroxylum areolatum | ||
| Snake berry | yes | yes | Celastraceae | Crossopetalum rhacoma |
| Shakehand | yes | yes | Salicaceae | Xylosma bahamense |
| Scorn-the-ground | Viscaceae | Phoradendron rubrum | ||
| Tillandsia balbisiana | Bromeliaceae | Tillandsia balbisiana | ||
| Wild Cinnamon | yes | Euphorbiaceae | Croton nitens | |
| Tacoma stans | Bignoniaceae | Tecoma stans | ||
| Tillandsia spp | Bromeliaceae | |||
| Whitewood | yes | Bignoniaceae | Tabebuia heterophylla | |
| Wild sapodilla | yes | Sapotaceae | Sideroxylon salicifolium | |
| Wild cocoplum | Euphorbiaceae | Savia erythroxyloides | ||
| Wild plumeria? | Apocynaceae | Tabernaemontana laurifolia | ||
| Wash Wood | Theophrastaceae | Jacquinia proctorii | ||
| Yellow sanders | Rutaceae | Zanthoxylum flavum | ||
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40 |
28 |
35 |
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| (We thought this land type would be the most bio-diverse) | (Amazing for exposed situation) | (A number which surprised us) | ||
Notes:
1. Note-takers skipped the grasses and some other categories
2. Our botanical knowledge is quite limited
3. We did not attempt to be exhaustive in any case, but to do a quick survey of each transect. See text.
Hugh O’Gara, J.W. Platts, February 2010
National Trust, Cayman Brac District