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