VEGETATION ZONES AT
RÍA LAGARTOS BIOSPHERE RESERVE
thus representative of coastal northern Yucatán,
-- adapted from Programa de Manejo Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Lagartos,
published by SEMARNAP, the Secretaría de Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Pesca, 1999
--
Marsh in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve just southwest of Las Coloradas
At Río
Lagaratos on the Yucatan Peninsula's northernmost coastline, these vegetation communities
(Latin names of typical plants in red) have been recognized:
- Intertidal Zone, or Zona Intermareal
- Thalassia sp.
- Euchema sp.
- Sargaso sp. Sargassum, a Brown
Alga
- Dyctiota sp.
- Marshes, or Tular, carrizal y pastizal
- Phragmites australis
- Cladium jamaicensis
- Typha domingensis, cattail
- Hummocks, or Petenes
- Annona glabra, palo de corcho
- Bursera simaruba,Gumbo Limbo,
chac
- Malvaviscus arboreus,bizil
- Ficus tecolutensis,Strangler
Fig, Álamo
- Sabal yapa,Thatch Palm, Sabal
- Manilkara zapota,Chicle Tree,
Chicozapote
- Coastal Dune, or Duna costera
- Agave sisalana, sisal
- Coccoloba uvifera, uva de mar
- Coccotrinax readii, nakax
- Thrinax radiata, palma chit
- Pseudophoenix sargentii, kuká
- Cordia sebestena, anacahuita
- Opuntia dillenii, nopal cactus
- Acanthocereus tetragonus, cactus
- Lantana involucrata,
sikil-ha’xiu
- Mangrove, or Manglar
- Rhizophora mangle, Red Mangrove
- Avicennia germinans, Black
Mangrove
- Conocarpus erectus, Buttonwood
- Laguncularia racemosa,White
Mangrove or Mangle Blanco
- Deciduous Scrub, or Selva Baja Caducifolia
- Bravaisia tubiflora,hooloop
- Metopium brownei,chechén negro
- Parmentiera edulis,pepino de
arbol
- Tebebuia chysantha,makuilis
- Ceiba aesculifolia,ceiba o
yaxch.
- Cordia dodecandra,siricote
- Protium copal, copal
- Bursera simaruba,Gumbo Limbo,
Chac
- Cephalocereus gaumeri,cactus
- Pterocereus gaumeri,cactus
- Nopalea gaumeri,tsacam cactus
- Selenicereus testudo,pitahaya
cactus
- Leucaena leucocephala,ihuatsim
- Diospyros digyna, tanch-ya
- Enterolobium cyclocarpum,
Guanacaste
- Bauhinia jennigssi,pata de vaca
- Haematoxylon campechianum,Logwood,
tinta
- Caesalpina gaumeri,kitinche
- Beaucarnea pliabilis,mechuda
- Brosimum alicastrum,ramón
- Cecropia peltata,guarumo
- Plumeria obtusa,sak-nicte
- Plumeria rubra,sak-nicte
- Rhyncholaelia digbyana,orchid
- Acoelorrhaphe wrightii,tasiste
- Guaiacum sanctum,guayacán
