Bolivia forest

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• From: "Mario I. Nina" <minina@mailbox.syr.edu>
• Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 21:08:42 +0300
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Source: J. A. Tosi 1975)
Estimated area of vegetational cover classes by life zone:
LIFE ZONE       TOTAL     BARE    HERBACEOUS   BUSH    FOREST
                 Km2
1. Tropical dry forest        2990     -     300     888     1802
2. Tropical moist forest     17640     176   171     582    16711
3. Subtropical thorn 
   woodland                   1020     -     480    1440     -
4. Subtropical dry forest     6530     -      20     940      550
5. Subtropical moist 
   forest                    39078    6615 176562  32401   174600
6. Subtropical basal belt   448328    6695 181505  38591   221558
7. Subtropical lower
   montane thorn steppe      10610     140   6500   2950       20
8. Tropical lower 
   montane belt              34080      -    -       -      13313
9. Tropical montane belt     41260    8290  22362   4418     6190
10.Subtropical subalpine
   belt                      15188      70  14150    968      -
11.Subtropical alpine belt    3500    1540  1960      -       -
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Source: EART-GEOBOL (1978)
Bolivia's vegetation:
1. TROPICAL LOW LAND EVEN GREEN:
   Altitude: less than 500 m  a.s.l.
   Average precipitation( annual) 1300-2300 mm.
   Average temperature: 25 degree celcius
   Most often species:
  			Sangre de toro        Virola Sp.
			Palo Maria            Callophyum brasitensis
			La goma               Hevea brasilensis
			Castana               Bertholletea exelsa
    			Mara                  Swietenia macrophylla
         		Ochoo                 Hura crepitans
			
2. SUBTROPICAL MOIST FOREST:
   Altittude: 300-400 m a.s.l.
   Avergae precipitation ( annual) 1200-2000 mm
   Average temperature:  24 degree celcius
   Species:   
			Mara                  Swietenia macrophylla
			roble  		      Amburana cearensis

3. LOW SEMI MOIST FOREST:
   Altittude: 350-450 m a.s.l.
   Average precipitation ( annual) 900-1200 mm
   Average temperature 24 degree celcius
   Species:  
			Mara                  Swietenia macrophylla
   			Roble   	      Amburana cearensis
			Morado 		      Machaerium sp.
			Cuchi	  	      Actioniun urundeiva
			Plama de cusi         Orbignya phalerata
			Picara		      Cordia sp.
			Soto		      Shinopsis sp.

4. MONTANE SEMI MOIST FOREST:
   Altittude: 2000 m a.s.l.
   Species:
			Aliso		      Almus acuminata
			Mato		      Myriantles sp.
			Pino del monte        Podocarpus parlatorei
			Lapacho     	      Tebeuia lapacho
			Cedrillo 	      Cedrella lilloi

5. LOW SEMI ARID FOREST:
   Altittude:  350-1000 m a.s.l.
   Average precipitation ( annual) 500 - 1000 mm
   Average temperature	(annual) 20 degree celcius
   spacies:
			Quebracho blanco    Aspidiosperma quebracho blanco
  			Quebracho colorado  Shinopsis quebracho colorado
			Soto                Shinopsis haenheana
			Mistol   	    Zizyphus mistol
			Palo borracho       Chorosia insignis
			Guayacan      	    Cesalpinia paraguariensis
			Algarrobo           Shinopsis alba 
To be continnued,	
Mario Nina

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