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
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