APPENDIX CXI. Species' Pioneer Index
List of species and successional class found in both study sites: Hurricane Recovery Plot (HRP) and Bisley Experimental Watershed (BEW). X indicates species present in the 5 m circular plot. * indicates species present in the 20 m quadrat outside the circle (HRP plots only). + in additional 100 test quadrats.
SPECIES NAME CODE INDEX Origin HRP BEW
Alchorneopsis floribunda ALCFLO 2 Native X Alchornea latifolia ALCLAT 2 Native X X Andira inermis ANDINE 2 Native X Antirhea obtusifolia ANTOBT 2 Endemic + Ardisia obovata ARDOBO 2 Native + Artocarpus altilis ARTALT 2 Exotic + Buchenavia capitata BUCCAP 1 Native X X Byrsonima spicata BYRSPI 1 Native X X Calophyllum brasiliense CALBRA 2 Native X Calycogonium squamulosum CALSQU 2 Endemic X X Casearia arborea CASARB 1 Native X X Casearia decandra CASDEC 1 Native + Casearia sylvestris CASSYL 1 Native X X Cassipourea gaianensis CSSGUI 2 Native + Cecropia schreberiana CECSCH 2 Native X X Chionanthus domingensis CHIDOM 1 Native X Chione venosa CHOVEN 1 Native + Citharexylum caudatum CITCAU 2 Native + Citharexylum fruticosum CITFAU 2 Native + Clusea rosea CLUROS 1 Native + Coccoloba diversifolia COCDIV 2 Native * Coccoloba pyrifolia COCPYR 2 Endemic + Coffea arabica COFARA 1 Exotic + Cordia borinquensis CORBOR 1 Endemic X X Cordia sulcata CORSUL 2 Native X Croton poecilanthus CROPOE 1 Endemic * Cyathea arborea CYAARB 2 Native + X Dacryodes excelsa DACEXC 1 Native X X Dendropanax arboreus DENARB 2 Native X X Drypetes glauca DRYGLA 1 Native X X Eugenia eggersii EUGEGG 1 Endemic + X Eugenia stahlii EUGSTA 1 Endemic X Faramea occidetalis FAROCC 1 Native X Ficus citrifolia FICCIT 2 Native * Genipa americana GENAME 2 Native * Gonzalagunia spicata GONSPI 2 Native + Guarea glabra GUAGLA 1 Endemic X X Guarea guidonia GUAGUI 1 Native X X Guazuma ulmifolia GUAULM 2 Native + Guettarda valenzuelana GUEVAL 1 Native * Guatteria caribaea GUTCAR 1 Native X Heliconia caribaea HELCAR 2 Native + Henriettea fasciculans HENFAS 2 Native + Heterotrichum cymosum HETCYM 2 Endemic + X Hirtella rugosa HIRRUG 1 Endemic X X Homalium racemosum HOMRAC 2 Native X Ilex sideroxyloides ILESID 2 Native + Inga laurina INGLAU 1 Native X X Inga vera INGVER 1 Native X X Ixora ferrea IXOFER 1 Native X Khaya nyasica KHANYA 2 Exotic X Laetia procera LAEPRO 2 Native X Lonchocarpus latifolius LONLAT 2 Native + Malpighia fucata MALFUR 2 Native + Manilkara bidentata MANBID 1 Native X X Matayba domingensis MATDOM 1 Native X Maytenus elongata MAYELO 1 Endemic + Meliosma herbertii MELHER 2 Native + Miconia impetiolaris MICIMP 1 Native + Miconia laevigata MICLAE 2 Native + Miconia mirabilis MICMIR 2 Native + Miconia prasina MICPRA 2 Native X Miconia racemosa MICRAC 2 Native X Miconia tetrandra MICTET 2 Native X X Micropholis chrysophylloides MICCHR 2 Native + Musa paradisiaca MUSPAR 2 Exotic X Myrcia deflexa MYRDEF 1 Native * Myrcia splendens MYRSPL 1 Native * Ocotea leucoxylon OCOLEU 1 Native X X Ocotea portoricensis OCOPOR 1 Endemic * Ocotea sintenisii OCOSIN 1 Endemic X Ormosia krugii ORMKRU 1 Native X X Palicourea riparia PALRIP 2 Native X X Piper aduncum PIPADU 2 Native + Piper amalago PIPAMA 2 Native + Piper blattarum PIPBLA 2 Endemic + Pouteria multiflora POUMUL 1 Native X Prestoea montana PREMON 1 Native X X Pseudolmedia spuris PSESPU 1 Native + Psychotria berteriana PSYBER 2 Native X X Psychotria grandis PSYGRA 2 Native + Ravenia urbanii RAVURB 1 Endemic X Rheedia portoricensis RHEPOR 1 Endemic + Rondeletia portoricensis RONPOR 1 Endemic X Roystonea borinquena ROYBOR 1 Native * Sapium laurocerasus SAPLAU 2 Endemic X X Schefflera morototoni DIDMOR 2 Native X X Sloanea berteriana SLOBER 1 Native X X Solanum rugosum SOLRUG 2 Native + Swietenia macrophylla SWIMAC 2 Exotic X Symplocos martinicensis SYMMAR 1 Native + Tabebuia heterophylla TABHET 2 Native X Trema lamarckiana TRELAM 2 Native + Trema micrantha TREMIC 2 Native + Tetragastris balsamifera TETBAL 1 Native X Trichilia pallida TRIPAL 1 Native X Urera baccifera UREBAC 2 Native X Xylosoma schaefferioides XYLSCH 1 Native + Zanthoxylum martinicense ZANMAR 2 Native X
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