NPP Tropical Forest Site Information, September 2001
                        Table TF-4.  Dominant Species and General Vegetation Type
                             in alphabetical order of species name 


Site Name                   Dominant species                        General vegetation type   

San Carlos de Rio Negro     Aspidosperma spp. and others            rain forest (oxisol sub-site)
Darien                      Cavanillesia platanifolia               transitional moist/dry forest
Turrialba                   Cecropia obtusifolia                    successional regrowth
John Crow Ridge             Chaetocarpus globosus/ 
                                    Dendropanax pendulus            upper montane forest
Anguededou                  Combretodendron africanus               equatorial forest
Luquillo (El Verde)         Dacroydes excelsa                       tropical forest
Yapo                        Dacroydes klaineana                     equatorial forest
Atherton                    Dendrocnide photinophylla/              rain forest
                                 Rockinghamia angustifolia/
                                        Toona australis
Kade                        Diospyros spp.                          secondary forest
Gunung Mulu                 Dipterocarpaceae/ Euphorbiaceae         alluvial/ dipterocarp/ limestone/ heath forest  
Marafunga                   Dacrycarpus cinctus/ 
                                     Podocarpus archboldii          montane rain forest
Khao Chong                  Eugenia clarkeana and others            undisturbed rainforest
Chamela                     Guapira, Plumeria spp. and others       tropical dry deciduous forest  
Magdalena                   Jessenia polycarpa                      tropical seasonal evergreen forest   
Bacia Modelo                N/A                                     terra firme tropical forest  
La Selva                    Pentaclethra macroloba and others       tropical lowland forest
Manaus                      Piptadenia suaveolens and others        tropical riverine/terra firme forest   
San Eusebio                 Podocarpus rospigliosii and others      montane forest
Pasoh                       Shorea spp./ Dipterocarpus spp.         dipterocarp forest
Cinnamon Bay                Tabebuia heterophylla and others        secondary forest
Barro Colorado              Trichilia tuberculata and others        tropical moist forest
Banco                       Turreanthus africana                    equatorial forest