CTFS Forest Dynamics Plots

Sherman old forest basal area (100 mm dbh and above)

This is a complete census of free-standing woody plants in 4.96 ha of forest

genus	species	family	1996	1997-98	1999
Abarema	barbouriana	Fabaceae:Mimos.	0.1018	0.1066	0.1157
Acalypha	diversifolia	Euphorbiaceae	0	0	0
Alchornea	latifolia	Euphorbiaceae	0.1928	0.2069	0.2212
Alchornea	sp.3	Euphorbiaceae	0.4456	0.4649	0.4707
Alibertia	edulis	Rubiaceae	0	0	0
Amaioua	corymbosa	Rubiaceae	0.1411	0.1365	0.1345
Andira	inermis	Fabaceae:Papil.	0.3066	0.3159	0.3237
Annona	spraguei	Annonaceae	0.0679	0.0683	0
Apeiba	aspera	Tiliaceae	1.6897	1.736	1.7723
Apeiba	tibourbou	Tiliaceae	0.076	0.0773	0.0762
Aphelandra	sinclairiana	Acanthaceae	0	0	0
Ardisia	bartlettii	Myrsinaceae	0	0	0
Ardisia	fendleri	Myrsinaceae	0	0	0
Ardisia	guianensis	Myrsinaceae	0	0	0
Ardisia	sp.5	Myrsinaceae	0.0632	0.0622	0.0632
Ardisia	sp.6	Myrsinaceae	0	0	0
Aspidosperma	spruceanum	Apocynaceae	9.1806	9.4885	9.7459
Aulomyrcia	zetekiana	Myrtaceae	0	0	0
Bactris	barronis	Arecaceae	0	0	0
Bactris	coloniata	Arecaceae	0.0145	0	0
Bactris	coloradonis	Arecaceae	0	0	0
Bactris	major	Arecaceae	0	0	0
Bactris	panamensis	Arecaceae	0	0	0
Beilschmiedia	pendula	Lauraceae	0.4606	0.4816	0.4971
Brosimum	guianense	Moraceae	0.8376	0.8707	0.8619
Brosimum	utile	Moraceae	23.1921	23.6703	23.7882
Byrsonima	spicata	Malpighiaceae	0.0707	0.0806	0.0888
Calophyllum	longifolium	Clusiaceae	6.366	6.8196	6.9467
Carapa	guianensis	Meliaceae	1.9424	1.9428	1.9942
Casearia	arborea	Flacourtiaceae	0	0	0
Casearia	commersoniana	Flacourtiaceae	0.1597	0.1474	0.1622
Casearia	sylvestris	Flacourtiaceae	0.1837	0.1356	0.1373
Cassipourea	elliptica	Rhizophoraceae	0.2626	0.1826	0.1838
Cecropia	insignis	Cecropiaceae	0.2646	0.2785	0.2874
Cecropia	obtusifolia	Cecropiaceae	0	0	0
Cecropia	peltata	Cecropiaceae	0	0	0
Cespedesia	spathulata	Ochnaceae	1.0834	1.0322	0.8624
Cestrum	megalophyllum	Solanaceae	0	0	0
Chamguava	schippii	Myrtaceae	0	0	0
Chrysophyllum	argenteum	Sapotaceae	0.1814	0.1716	0.173
Cinnamomum	cinnamomifolium	Lauraceae	0.0079	0.0082	0.0087
Clavija	costaricana	Theophrastaceae	0	0	0
Clidemia	densiflora	Melastomataceae	0	0	0
Clidemia	sp.1	Melastomataceae	0	0	0
Coccoloba	manzinellensis	Polygonaceae	0	0	0
Coccoloba	padiformis	Polygonaceae	0.0111	0.0244	0.0233
Conostegia	bracteata	Melastomataceae	0	0	0
Conostegia	sp.1	Melastomataceae	0	0	0
Cordia	bicolor	Boraginaceae	1.1767	1.196	1.0933
Cremastosperma	panamense	Annonaceae	0	0	0
Crossopetalum	parviflorum	Celastraceae	0	0	0
Cupania	scrobiculata	Sapindaceae	0.2688	0.2538	0.2613
Cupania	sylvatica	Sapindaceae	0	0	0
Cyathea	petiolata	Cyatheaceae	0	0	0
Cymbopetalum	lanugipetalum	Annonaceae	0	0	0
Dendropanax	arboreus	Araliaceae	2.3904	2.3701	2.4004
Desmopsis	panamensis	Annonaceae	0	0	0
Diospyros	artanthifolia	Ebenaceae	0.1392	0.1467	0.1165
Discophora	guianensis	Icacinaceae	0	0	0
Dussia	sp.1	Fabaceae:Papil.	4.4913	4.7066	4.8138
Erythrina	costaricensis	Fabaceae:Papil.	0	0	0
Erythroxylum	citrifolium	Erythroxylaceae	0.0088	0.0088	0.0088
Erythroxylum	macrophyllum	Erythroxylaceae	0	0	0
Eugenia	coloradoensis	Myrtaceae	0	0	0
Eugenia	sp.5	Myrtaceae	0.0423	0.0423	0.0445
Eugenia	sp.6	Myrtaceae	0.0999	0.0769	0.0786
Euterpe	precatoria	Arecaceae	0.0483	0.0165	0.0245
Faramea	luteovirens	Rubiaceae	0	0	0
Faramea	multiflora	Rubiaceae	0	0	0
Faramea	occidentalis	Rubiaceae	0.031	0.0123	0.0121
Ficus	citrifolia	Moraceae	0	0	0
Ficus	insipida	Moraceae	0	0	0
Ficus	maxima	Moraceae	0.0088	0.0088	0.009
Ficus	nymphaeifolia	Moraceae	0	0	0
Ficus	sp.6	Moraceae	0	0	0
Ficus	tonduzii	Moraceae	0.1158	0.0423	0.0423
Garcinia	madruno	Clusiaceae	1.3375	1.3189	1.2885
Geonoma	congesta	Arecaceae	0	0	0
Geonoma	cuneata	Arecaceae	0	0	0
Geonoma	deversa	Arecaceae	0	0	0
Geonoma	interrupta	Arecaceae	0	0	0
Grias	cauliflora	Lecythidaceae	0	0	0
Guarea	'fuzzy'	Meliaceae	0	0	0
Guarea	'sherman'	Meliaceae	0.7643	0.7853	0.803
Guarea	grandifolia	Meliaceae	0	0	0
Guarea	guidonia	Meliaceae	0.0079	0.0082	0.0083
Guatteria	amplifolia	Annonaceae	0.2734	0	0
Guatteria	dumetorum	Annonaceae	2.3888	2.5115	2.5322
Gustavia	fosteri	Lecythidaceae	0	0	0
Gustavia	superba	Lecythidaceae	0.0545	0.0398	0.0415
Hampea	appendiculata	Malvaceae	0	0.0085	0.0099
Heisteria	acuminata	Olacaceae	0.095	0.0876	0.088
Heisteria	concinna	Olacaceae	0.1144	0.1177	0.1223
Henriettea	succosa	Melastomataceae	0.0345	0.044	0.0437
Herrania	pulcherrima.aff	Sterculiaceae	0	0	0
Herrania	purpurea	Sterculiaceae	0	0	0
Hirtella	racemosa	Chrysobalanaceae	0	0	0
Hirtella	triandra	Chrysobalanaceae	0	0	0
Humiriastrum	diguense	Humiriaceae	0.5484	0.5522	0.5641
Hymenolobium	mesoamericanum	Fabaceae:Papil.	0.6518	0.6518	0.4151
Inga	cocleensis	Fabaceae:Mimos.	0.2589	0.2192	0.2017
Inga	goldmanii	Fabaceae:Mimos.	0.1407	0.1347	0.145
Inga	multijuga	Fabaceae:Mimos.	0.234	0.2684	0.2994
Inga	nobilis	Fabaceae:Mimos.	0.0373	0.0376	0.0389
Inga	pezizifera	Fabaceae:Mimos.	2.5253	2.3006	2.1716
Inga	sertulifera	Fabaceae:Mimos.	0.0113	0.0123	0.0109
Inga	spectabilis	Fabaceae:Mimos.	0.1486	0.1684	0.1859
Jacaranda	copaia	Bignoniaceae	3.0042	3.1301	3.153
Jacaratia	spinosa	Caricaceae	0.0979	0.0962	0.1029
Lacistema	aggregatum	Flacourtiaceae	0.0517	0.0421	0.0523
Lacmellea	panamensis	Apocynaceae	0.359	0.2497	0.2287
Laetia	procera	Flacourtiaceae	0.0464	0.0456	0.0452
Leandra	granatensis	Melastomataceae	0	0	0
Licania	hypoleuca	Chrysobalanaceae	0.9739	0.9819	0.9626
Lonchocarpus	heptaphyllus	Fabaceae:Papil.	0.2385	0.2764	0.2478
Lozania	pittieri	Flacourtiaceae	0.067	0.0658	0.0636
Manilkara	bidentata	Sapotaceae	9.3666	8.7924	9.8614
Maquira	guianensis	Moraceae	0.2781	0.2262	0.2284
Maranthes	panamensis	Chrysobalanaceae	1.2365	1.095	1.1191
Marila	laxiflora	Clusiaceae	5.1401	4.2233	4.4422
Matayba	apetala	Sapindaceae	0.9448	0.9868	1.0312
Maytenus	schippii	Celastraceae	0.0209	0.0216	0.023
Meliosma	glabrata	Sabiaceae	0.0373	0.0375	0.0373
Miconia	affinis	Melastomataceae	0	0.0099	0.0141
Miconia	elata	Melastomataceae	0.0085	0.0088	0.0095
Miconia	ligulata	Melastomataceae	0	0	0.0083
Miconia	minutiflora	Melastomataceae	0.4756	0.507	0.4825
Miconia	multispicata	Melastomataceae	0	0	0
Miconia	nervosa	Melastomataceae	0	0	0
Miconia	prasina	Melastomataceae	0	0	0
Miconia	serrulata	Melastomataceae	0	0	0
Miconia	simplex	Melastomataceae	0	0	0
Miconia	sp.3	Melastomataceae	0.0172	0.0097	0.0106
Miconia	sp.5	Melastomataceae	0.0384	0.038	0.0387
Mollinedia	darienensis	Monimiaceae	0	0	0
Mortoniodendron	anisophyllum	Tiliaceae	0.6639	0.648	0.6673
Mosannona	garwoodii	Annonaceae	0.009	0.0093	0.0093
Mouriri	myrtilloides	Melastomataceae	0	0	0
Myrcia	gatunensis	Myrtaceae	0.4493	0.3902	0.3896
Myrciaria	sp.2	Myrtaceae	0.0771	0.0787	0.0819
Nectandra	purpurea	Lauraceae	0.5227	0.5343	0.5541
Neea	amplifolia	Nyctaginaceae	0	0	0
Neea	delicatula	Nyctaginaceae	0	0	0
Ochroma	pyramidale	Bombacaceae	0	0	0
Ocotea	dendrodaphne	Lauraceae	0.3943	0.399	0.3457
Ocotea	insularis	Lauraceae	1.0761	0.8574	0.9221
Ocotea	puberula	Lauraceae	0	0	0
Ocotea	sp.5	Lauraceae	0	0	0
Ocotea	whitei	Lauraceae	0.046	0.0471	0.0483
Oenocarpus	mapora	Arecaceae	1.0841	1.4562	1.3985
Ormosia	coccinea	Fabaceae:Papil.	0.4725	0.4778	0.2466
Ouratea	prominens	Ochnaceae	0	0	0
Oxandra	longipetala	Annonaceae	0	0	0
Palicourea	guianensis	Rubiaceae	0	0	0
Pentagonia	macrophylla	Rubiaceae	0	0	0
Pera	arborea	Euphorbiaceae	2.6413	2.3254	2.4006
Perebea	xanthochyma	Moraceae	1.7771	1.8238	1.7652
Phyllanthus	acuminatus	Euphorbiaceae	0	0	0
Picramnia	latifolia	Picramniaceae	0	0	0
Piper	aequale	Piperaceae	0	0	0
Piper	arboreum	Piperaceae	0	0	0
Piper	augustum	Piperaceae	0	0	0
Piper	colonense	Piperaceae	0	0	0
Piper	cordulatum	Piperaceae	0	0	0
Piper	sp.5	Piperaceae	0	0	0
Posoqueria	latifolia	Rubiaceae	0	0	0
Poulsenia	armata	Moraceae	0.8819	0.8047	0.8079
Pourouma	bicolor	Cecropiaceae	1.4641	1.5589	1.6208
Pouteria	reticulata	Sapotaceae	0.6892	0.5403	0.6008
Pouteria	sp.4	Sapotaceae	0	0	0
Prestoea	decurrens	Arecaceae	0	0	0
Protium	glabrum	Burseraceae	0	0	0
Protium	panamense	Burseraceae	2.1067	2.1677	2.1462
Protium	tenuifolium	Burseraceae	0	0	0
Pseudolmedia	spuria	Moraceae	0	0	0
Psychotria	chagrensis	Rubiaceae	0	0	0
Psychotria	deflexa	Rubiaceae	0	0	0
Psychotria	elata	Rubiaceae	0	0	0
Psychotria	erecta	Rubiaceae	0	0	0
Psychotria	poeppigiana	Rubiaceae	0	0	0
Psychotria	suerrensis	Rubiaceae	0	0	0
Pterocarpus	rohrii	Fabaceae:Papil.	0.0387	0.0387	0.0401
Quiina	schippii	Quiinaceae	0.0561	0.058	0.0606
Randia	armata	Rubiaceae	0	0	0
Sapium	'broadleaf'	Euphorbiaceae	0.1158	0.12	0.1232
Saurauia	yasicae	Actinidiaceae	0.1036	0.116	0.1047
Schefflera	morototoni	Araliaceae	0.2003	0.2213	0.2475
Simarouba	amara	Simaroubaceae	2.2251	2.007	1.9201
Siparuna	pauciflora	Monimiaceae	0	0	0
Sloanea	meianthera	Elaeocarpaceae	1.8817	1.49	1.4284
Sloanea	terniflora	Elaeocarpaceae	0.0464	0.0491	0.0515
Socratea	exorrhiza	Arecaceae	3.3503	3.1782	3.4121
Sorocea	affinis	Moraceae	0	0	0
Spondias	radlkoferi	Anacardiaceae	0	0	0
Swartzia	simplex_var.grandiflora	Fabaceae:Papil.	0	0	0
Swartzia	simplex_var.ochnacea	Fabaceae:Papil.	0	0	0
Symphonia	globulifera	Clusiaceae	1.0296	1.0492	1.0949
Synechanthus	warscewiczianus	Arecaceae	0	0	0
Tabernaemontana	arborea	Apocynaceae	0.1453	0.1491	0.1487
Tachigali	versicolor	Fabaceae:Caesal.	0.6724	0.862	0.8713
Tapirira	guianensis	Anacardiaceae	6.3293	6.2546	6.6321
Terminalia	amazonia	Combretaceae	0.2793	0.2799	0.2888
Tetrorchidium	gorgonae	Euphorbiaceae	0.2877	0.3073	0.3184
Theobroma	bernoullii	Sterculiaceae	0.7345	0.8079	0.7639
Tocoyena	pittieri	Rubiaceae	0.535	0.5458	0.4189
Tovomita	longifolia	Clusiaceae	2.4748	2.6024	2.6935
Tovomita	stylosa	Clusiaceae	0.0464	0.0476	0.0471
Trattinnickia	aspera	Burseraceae	0.464	0.4745	0.4561
Trichilia	tuberculata	Meliaceae	0.1705	0.1856	0.1613
Trichospermum	galeottii	Tiliaceae	0.1043	0.0408	0.0408
Turpinia	occidentalis	Staphyleaceae	0.0324	0.033	0.0337
Unonopsis	panamensis	Annonaceae	0.0479	0.0483	0.0488
Vantanea	depleta	Humiriaceae	1.9326	1.9782	2.0091
Virola	elongata	Myristicaceae	0.4519	0.4456	0.4534
Virola	multiflora	Myristicaceae	1.1998	1.0198	1.0794
Virola	sebifera	Myristicaceae	1.3897	1.3352	1.3698
Virola	surinamensis	Myristicaceae	1.2475	1.0044	1.0266
Vismia	baccifera	Clusiaceae	0	0	0
Vismia	macrophylla	Clusiaceae	0.2124	0.203	0.2087
Vochysia	ferruginea	Vochysiaceae	5.6941	6.1428	6.2129
Xylopia	macrantha	Annonaceae	0.3525	0.3569	0.326
Zanthoxylum	acuminatum	Rutaceae	0	0	0
Unidentified	species	NA	0.0566	0.0511	0.0535