CTFS Forest Dynamics Plots

Sherman basal area (10 mm dbh and above)

This is a complete census of free-standing woody plants in 5.96 ha of forest

genus	species	family	1996	1997-98	1999
Abarema	barbouriana	Fabaceae:Mimos.	0.123	0.1342	0.1474
Acacia	melanoceras	Fabaceae:Mimos.	0.0003	0.0003	0
Acalypha	diversifolia	Euphorbiaceae	0.0048	0.0027	0.0026
Aegiphila	panamensis	Verbenaceae	0.0011	0	0
Alchornea	latifolia	Euphorbiaceae	0.3738	0.3605	0.3659
Alchornea	sp.3	Euphorbiaceae	0.7153	0.7255	0.6688
Alibertia	edulis	Rubiaceae	0.0008	0.0003	0.0003
Amaioua	corymbosa	Rubiaceae	0.1938	0.197	0.1987
Andira	inermis	Fabaceae:Papil.	0.3605	0.3729	0.3811
Annona	spraguei	Annonaceae	0.106	0.0959	0.0274
Apeiba	aspera	Tiliaceae	2.529	2.3701	2.3492
Apeiba	tibourbou	Tiliaceae	0.1193	0.1081	0.1012
Aphelandra	sinclairiana	Acanthaceae	0.001	0.0006	0.0006
Ardisia	bartlettii	Myrsinaceae	0.0182	0.02	0.0215
Ardisia	fendleri	Myrsinaceae	0.0028	0.0025	0.0036
Ardisia	guianensis	Myrsinaceae	0.0005	0	0
Ardisia	sp.5	Myrsinaceae	0.0804	0.0746	0.0773
Ardisia	sp.6	Myrsinaceae	0.0002	0	0
Aspidosperma	spruceanum	Apocynaceae	9.8607	10.0364	10.3258
Aulomyrcia	zetekiana	Myrtaceae	0.0143	0.0139	0.0145
Bactris	barronis	Arecaceae	0.0597	0.1019	0.0876
Bactris	coloniata	Arecaceae	0.2915	0.2438	0.2001
Bactris	coloradonis	Arecaceae	0.0464	0.0692	0.0658
Bactris	major	Arecaceae	0.0013	0.0013	0.0028
Bactris	panamensis	Arecaceae	0.0258	0.0224	0.0196
Beilschmiedia	pendula	Lauraceae	0.551	0.5778	0.5981
Bertiera	guianensis	Rubiaceae	0.0004	0.0002	0.0003
Brosimum	guianense	Moraceae	1.2481	1.2945	1.2969
Brosimum	utile	Moraceae	24.5791	25.1007	25.244
Byrsonima	spicata	Malpighiaceae	0.1902	0.2157	0.2373
Calophyllum	longifolium	Clusiaceae	6.5	6.9572	7.0932
Carapa	guianensis	Meliaceae	2.1113	2.1068	2.1427
Casearia	arborea	Flacourtiaceae	0.0019	0	0
Casearia	commersoniana	Flacourtiaceae	0.2643	0.2408	0.2517
Casearia	sylvestris	Flacourtiaceae	0.202	0.1534	0.1534
Cassipourea	elliptica	Rhizophoraceae	0.3115	0.2341	0.238
Cecropia	insignis	Cecropiaceae	0.3234	0.3193	0.3325
Cecropia	obtusifolia	Cecropiaceae	0	0	0.004
Cecropia	peltata	Cecropiaceae	0.0004	0.0003	0.0013
Cespedesia	spathulata	Ochnaceae	1.2067	1.1518	0.9526
Cestrum	megalophyllum	Solanaceae	0.002	0.0014	0.0018
Chamguava	schippii	Myrtaceae	0.0056	0.0037	0.004
Chrysophyllum	argenteum	Sapotaceae	0.2889	0.2804	0.2838
Cinnamomum	cinnamomifolium	Lauraceae	0.0876	0.096	0.1042
Clavija	costaricana	Theophrastaceae	0.006	0.0065	0.0067
Clidemia	densiflora	Melastomataceae	0.0002	0.0002	0
Clidemia	sp.1	Melastomataceae	0	0.0001	0.0002
Coccoloba	manzinellensis	Polygonaceae	0.0033	0.005	0.0042
Coccoloba	padiformis	Polygonaceae	0.0177	0.0323	0.0313
Conostegia	bracteata	Melastomataceae	0.0184	0.0163	0.0173
Conostegia	sp.1	Melastomataceae	0.0002	0	0
Cordia	bicolor	Boraginaceae	2.0852	2.146	2.0827
Cordia	panamensis	Boraginaceae	0.0233	0.0236	0.0227
Cremastosperma	panamense	Annonaceae	0.0677	0.0711	0.0738
Crossopetalum	parviflorum	Celastraceae	0.011	0.0099	0.0115
Cupania	scrobiculata	Sapindaceae	0.6455	0.6335	0.6506
Cupania	sylvatica	Sapindaceae	0	0.0003	0.0003
Cyathea	petiolata	Cyatheaceae	0.0006	0.0019	0.0021
Cymbopetalum	lanugipetalum	Annonaceae	0.0354	0.0346	0.0361
Dendropanax	arboreus	Araliaceae	2.9943	2.9367	2.9532
Desmopsis	panamensis	Annonaceae	0.0173	0.0185	0.0177
Diospyros	artanthifolia	Ebenaceae	0.2494	0.2523	0.2292
Discophora	guianensis	Icacinaceae	0.0123	0.015	0.0154
Dussia	sp.1	Fabaceae:Papil.	4.5492	4.7632	4.8727
Erythrina	costaricensis	Fabaceae:Papil.	0.0205	0.0224	0.0199
Erythroxylum	citrifolium	Erythroxylaceae	0.0174	0.0187	0.0182
Erythroxylum	macrophyllum	Erythroxylaceae	0.0261	0.0264	0.0267
Eugenia	coloradoensis	Myrtaceae	0.0129	0.0084	0.0088
Eugenia	sp.5	Myrtaceae	0.0428	0.0428	0.0452
Eugenia	sp.6	Myrtaceae	0.1766	0.1575	0.1621
Euterpe	precatoria	Arecaceae	0.5229	0.4893	0.4859
Faramea	luteovirens	Rubiaceae	0.0021	0.0023	0.0024
Faramea	multiflora	Rubiaceae	0.0012	0.0017	0.0017
Faramea	occidentalis	Rubiaceae	0.0682	0.0431	0.041
Ficus	bullenei	Moraceae	0.0003	0.0003	0.0003
Ficus	citrifolia	Moraceae	0.0134	0.0099	0.0106
Ficus	insipida	Moraceae	0	0	0.0003
Ficus	maxima	Moraceae	0.0162	0.0159	0.0165
Ficus	nymphaeifolia	Moraceae	0.0003	0.0005	0.0005
Ficus	sp.3	Moraceae	0.0005	0	0
Ficus	sp.6	Moraceae	0.0002	0	0
Ficus	tonduzii	Moraceae	0.1191	0.0455	0.046
Garcinia	madruno	Clusiaceae	1.4563	1.4505	1.4284
Geonoma	congesta	Arecaceae	0.4392	0.557	0.5634
Geonoma	cuneata	Arecaceae	0.176	0.1747	0.1768
Geonoma	deversa	Arecaceae	0.0028	0.0028	0.0029
Geonoma	interrupta	Arecaceae	0.0127	0.0093	0.0095
Grias	cauliflora	Lecythidaceae	0.0018	0.0026	0.0028
Guarea	'fuzzy'	Meliaceae	0.0007	0.0008	0.001
Guarea	'sherman'	Meliaceae	0.8574	0.8823	0.9051
Guarea	grandifolia	Meliaceae	0.0018	0	0
Guarea	guidonia	Meliaceae	0.0079	0.0082	0.0083
Guatteria	amplifolia	Annonaceae	0.3159	0.038	0.0351
Guatteria	dumetorum	Annonaceae	2.9423	3.0689	3.0667
Gustavia	fosteri	Lecythidaceae	0.0048	0.005	0.0052
Gustavia	superba	Lecythidaceae	0.0622	0.0499	0.0502
Hampea	appendiculata	Malvaceae	0.038	0.0429	0.0166
Heisteria	acuminata	Olacaceae	0.2847	0.2784	0.29
Heisteria	concinna	Olacaceae	0.1164	0.1202	0.1252
Henriettea	succosa	Melastomataceae	0.0801	0.0873	0.0879
Herrania	pulcherrima.aff	Sterculiaceae	0.0108	0.0098	0.0097
Herrania	purpurea	Sterculiaceae	0.0023	0.0017	0.0018
Hieronyma	alchorneoides	Euphorbiaceae	0.0016	0.001	0.0009
Hirtella	racemosa	Chrysobalanaceae	0.0798	0.0776	0.0788
Hirtella	triandra	Chrysobalanaceae	0.0073	0.0076	0.008
Humiriastrum	diguense	Humiriaceae	0.5596	0.5635	0.5763
Hymenolobium	mesoamericanum	Fabaceae:Papil.	0.66	0.6605	0.4246
Inga	cocleensis	Fabaceae:Mimos.	1.1124	1.0208	0.9262
Inga	goldmanii	Fabaceae:Mimos.	0.183	0.1706	0.1743
Inga	multijuga	Fabaceae:Mimos.	0.5557	0.5844	0.6085
Inga	nobilis	Fabaceae:Mimos.	0.0393	0.0394	0.0389
Inga	pezizifera	Fabaceae:Mimos.	5.9614	5.6871	5.342
Inga	sertulifera	Fabaceae:Mimos.	0.064	0.0715	0.0768
Inga	spectabilis	Fabaceae:Mimos.	0.1821	0.2037	0.2203
Jacaranda	copaia	Bignoniaceae	9.4071	9.4009	8.8246
Jacaratia	spinosa	Caricaceae	0.2305	0.1833	0.1953
Lacistema	aggregatum	Flacourtiaceae	0.3109	0.3033	0.3187
Lacmellea	panamensis	Apocynaceae	0.6034	0.4395	0.4261
Laetia	procera	Flacourtiaceae	0.1896	0.1938	0.2035
Laetia	thamnia	Flacourtiaceae	0.0074	0.0075	0.0079
Leandra	granatensis	Melastomataceae	0.0005	0.0003	0.0001
Licania	hypoleuca	Chrysobalanaceae	1.0338	1.0447	1.0283
Lonchocarpus	heptaphyllus	Fabaceae:Papil.	0.2448	0.2827	0.254
Lozania	pittieri	Flacourtiaceae	0.2974	0.2764	0.2656
Manilkara	bidentata	Sapotaceae	9.7537	9.2006	10.3006
Maquira	guianensis	Moraceae	0.3749	0.3135	0.3146
Maranthes	panamensis	Chrysobalanaceae	1.3984	1.269	1.2926
Marila	laxiflora	Clusiaceae	5.8583	4.9079	5.1634
Matayba	apetala	Sapindaceae	1.1346	1.1737	1.2265
Maytenus	schippii	Celastraceae	0.036	0.0377	0.0474
Meliosma	glabrata	Sabiaceae	0.0684	0.0635	0.0662
Miconia	affinis	Melastomataceae	0.1561	0.1603	0.1558
Miconia	argentea	Melastomataceae	0.0473	0.0484	0.0507
Miconia	elata	Melastomataceae	0.1673	0.1237	0.1288
Miconia	ligulata	Melastomataceae	0.2205	0.1932	0.1878
Miconia	minutiflora	Melastomataceae	2.976	3.3097	3.4921
Miconia	multispicata	Melastomataceae	0.0725	0.08	0.0879
Miconia	nervosa	Melastomataceae	0.0035	0.0035	0.003
Miconia	prasina	Melastomataceae	0.0014	0.0015	0.0016
Miconia	serrulata	Melastomataceae	0.0313	0.0275	0.0223
Miconia	simplex	Melastomataceae	0.0917	0.0846	0.0869
Miconia	sp.3	Melastomataceae	0.1265	0.1198	0.1208
Miconia	sp.5	Melastomataceae	0.0388	0.0385	0.0399
Mollinedia	darienensis	Monimiaceae	0.161	0.1628	0.1687
Mortoniodendron	anisophyllum	Tiliaceae	0.7377	0.7284	0.7379
Mosannona	garwoodii	Annonaceae	0.0167	0.017	0.0167
Mouriri	myrtilloides	Melastomataceae	0.0427	0.0426	0.0445
Myrcia	gatunensis	Myrtaceae	0.6173	0.5702	0.5822
Myrciaria	sp.2	Myrtaceae	0.0916	0.0948	0.0985
Nectandra	purpurea	Lauraceae	0.7257	0.7219	0.7552
Neea	amplifolia	Nyctaginaceae	0.0103	0.0107	0.0112
Neea	delicatula	Nyctaginaceae	0	0	0.0001
Ochroma	pyramidale	Bombacaceae	0	0	0.0006
Ocotea	cernua	Lauraceae	0.0003	0.0002	0.0002
Ocotea	dendrodaphne	Lauraceae	0.5824	0.5875	0.5323
Ocotea	insularis	Lauraceae	1.3901	1.171	1.2375
Ocotea	oblonga	Lauraceae	0.0026	0.002	0.0019
Ocotea	puberula	Lauraceae	0.0031	0.0029	0.0032
Ocotea	sp.5	Lauraceae	0.0005	0.0003	0.0003
Ocotea	whitei	Lauraceae	0.0476	0.049	0.0509
Oenocarpus	mapora	Arecaceae	2.7915	3.3305	3.321
Ormosia	coccinea	Fabaceae:Papil.	0.5858	0.5917	0.3595
Ouratea	prominens	Ochnaceae	0.0393	0.045	0.043
Oxandra	longipetala	Annonaceae	0.0541	0.0547	0.058
Palicourea	guianensis	Rubiaceae	0.0045	0.0035	0.0033
Pentagonia	macrophylla	Rubiaceae	0.0208	0.0177	0.0185
Pera	arborea	Euphorbiaceae	3.912	3.7158	3.826
Perebea	xanthochyma	Moraceae	3.0608	3.058	3.0085
Phyllanthus	acuminatus	Euphorbiaceae	0.0042	0.0047	0.0047
Picramnia	latifolia	Picramniaceae	0.0026	0.0028	0.0027
Piper	aequale	Piperaceae	0.0226	0.0284	0.0284
Piper	arboreum	Piperaceae	0.0649	0.0495	0.0495
Piper	augustum	Piperaceae	0.014	0.0123	0.0105
Piper	auritum	Piperaceae	0	0.0002	0.0002
Piper	colonense	Piperaceae	0.0008	0.0008	0.0006
Piper	cordulatum	Piperaceae	0.0039	0.0043	0.0054
Piper	sp.5	Piperaceae	0	0	0.0001
Posoqueria	latifolia	Rubiaceae	0.01	0.0099	0.0103
Poulsenia	armata	Moraceae	0.901	0.817	0.8214
Pourouma	bicolor	Cecropiaceae	1.9874	2.0808	2.1492
Pouteria	reticulata	Sapotaceae	0.7481	0.6074	0.6634
Pouteria	sp.4	Sapotaceae	0.0004	0.0005	0.0005
Prestoea	decurrens	Arecaceae	0.0532	0.0342	0.0343
Protium	glabrum	Burseraceae	0.0367	0.0308	0.0293
Protium	panamense	Burseraceae	3.7984	3.866	3.8651
Protium	tenuifolium	Burseraceae	0.0029	0.0029	0.003
Pseudolmedia	spuria	Moraceae	0.0081	0.0089	0.0095
Psychotria	brachybotrya	Rubiaceae	0	0.0001	0.0001
Psychotria	chagrensis	Rubiaceae	0.0014	0.0006	0.0007
Psychotria	deflexa	Rubiaceae	0.0004	0.0003	0.0005
Psychotria	elata	Rubiaceae	0.047	0.0285	0.0261
Psychotria	erecta	Rubiaceae	0.0012	0.0007	0.0011
Psychotria	poeppigiana	Rubiaceae	0.0004	0.0004	0.0005
Psychotria	suerrensis	Rubiaceae	0.0352	0.0311	0.0328
Pterocarpus	rohrii	Fabaceae:Papil.	0.0387	0.0387	0.0401
Quiina	schippii	Quiinaceae	0.1674	0.1717	0.1774
Randia	armata	Rubiaceae	0.0097	0.0104	0.0105
Sapium	'broadleaf'	Euphorbiaceae	0.1225	0.1269	0.1303
Saurauia	yasicae	Actinidiaceae	0.1141	0.1243	0.1131
Schefflera	morototoni	Araliaceae	1.897	2.163	2.2973
Schizolobium	parahyba	Fabaceae:Caesal.	0.1541	0.1615	0.1392
Simarouba	amara	Simaroubaceae	3.8468	3.7701	3.7917
Siparuna	pauciflora	Monimiaceae	0.0042	0.0038	0.0037
Sloanea	meianthera	Elaeocarpaceae	2.3789	1.8538	1.7592
Sloanea	terniflora	Elaeocarpaceae	0.0464	0.0491	0.0515
Socratea	exorrhiza	Arecaceae	4.6275	4.4157	4.6835
Sorocea	affinis	Moraceae	0.0338	0.0298	0.0307
Spondias	radlkoferi	Anacardiaceae	0.006	0.0055	0.0076
Swartzia	simplex_var.grandiflora	Fabaceae:Papil.	0.0002	0.0002	0.0002
Swartzia	simplex_var.ochnacea	Fabaceae:Papil.	0.1969	0.1983	0.2082
Symphonia	globulifera	Clusiaceae	1.101	1.1147	1.163
Synechanthus	warscewiczianus	Arecaceae	0.1962	0.186	0.1763
Tabernaemontana	arborea	Apocynaceae	0.2011	0.2084	0.2088
Tachigali	versicolor	Fabaceae:Caesal.	0.9302	1.1274	1.1601
Tapirira	guianensis	Anacardiaceae	8.2241	8.2946	8.6552
Terminalia	amazonia	Combretaceae	0.2867	0.2888	0.2982
Tetrorchidium	gorgonae	Euphorbiaceae	0.379	0.3975	0.4116
Theobroma	bernoullii	Sterculiaceae	1.1511	1.2149	1.1855
Tocoyena	pittieri	Rubiaceae	0.5625	0.5663	0.4401
Tovomita	longifolia	Clusiaceae	3.4625	3.6258	3.7698
Tovomita	stylosa	Clusiaceae	1.13	1.1724	1.2224
Trattinnickia	aspera	Burseraceae	0.9224	0.9354	0.9175
Trichilia	tuberculata	Meliaceae	0.1905	0.2057	0.1824
Trichospermum	galeottii	Tiliaceae	0.2146	0.051	0.051
Turpinia	occidentalis	Staphyleaceae	0.042	0.0427	0.0432
Unidentified	(sherman)	NA	0.0017	0.0018	0.002
Unonopsis	panamensis	Annonaceae	0.5929	0.6047	0.6296
Vantanea	depleta	Humiriaceae	1.9986	2.0462	2.0791
Virola	elongata	Myristicaceae	0.7932	0.8012	0.8373
Virola	multiflora	Myristicaceae	1.5975	1.3567	1.4155
Virola	sebifera	Myristicaceae	2.1239	2.1699	2.2653
Virola	surinamensis	Myristicaceae	1.2821	1.0411	1.0649
Vismia	baccifera	Clusiaceae	0.0399	0.0404	0.0407
Vismia	macrophylla	Clusiaceae	0.8201	0.7201	0.7377
Vochysia	ferruginea	Vochysiaceae	6.9886	7.4277	7.4653
Xylopia	macrantha	Annonaceae	0.6992	0.7191	0.6906
Zanthoxylum	acuminatum	Rutaceae	0.0001	0.0002	0.0002
Zanthoxylum	panamense	Rutaceae	0.0015	0	0
Unidentified	species	NA	0.0693	0.0549	0.058