Punta Tolete

N

Punta Pescador Punta ElTigre

Caño Macareo Cocuina Island

Study area Caño Simoina

Caño Capure

Caño Cocuina Locations of plots and strips Vegetation checking points

622000

1:340,000 scale

630000

638000

646000

654000

1076000

1084000

1092000

614000

3 Km

Mangrove forest

Meadows

Swamp forests

Palm forest (Morichales)

Shrubland

Sand bars

a 100% helophytes hydrophytes terophytes geophytes hemicryptophytes phanerophytes

80% 60% 40% 20% 0%

SW

MG

BR

MO

MD

b 100% parasite herb epiphyte palm liana shrub tree

80% 60% 40% 20% 0%

SW

MG

MO

BW

MD