Ecology Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub

flora

divi-divi (caesalpinia coriaria)

the ecoregion dominated thorny trees , succulents. common species include acacia glomerosa, bourreria cumanensis, bulnesia arborea, caesalpinia coriaria, copaifera venezolana, croton sp., gyrocarpus americanus, hyptis sp., jacquinia pungens, malpighia glabra, myrospermum frutescens, opuntia caribaea, pereskia guamacho, piptadenia flava, prosopis juliflora, , stenocereus griseus.

forests dominated lonchocarpus punctatus accompanied bunchosia odorata , ayenia magna. other forests exist in prosopis juliflora, erythrina velutina , clerodendron ternifolium dominant. variety of plant communities occur 2 plant species dominant. examples include astronium graveolens – handroanthus billbergii, haematoxylum brasiletto – melochia tomentosa, caesalpinia coriaria – cordia curassavica, bursera glabra – castela erecta, vitex cymosa – libidibia coraria, mimosa cabrera – cordia curassavica, bursera tomentosa – bursera graveolens , castela erecta – parkinsonia praecox.

fauna

caribbean flamingo (phoenicopterus ruber)

the ecoregion notable being habitat of large community of caribbean flamingo (phoenicopterus ruber), besides diversity of birds , bats.