. The Caribbean forester. Forests and forestry Caribbean Area Periodicals; Forests and forestry Tropics Periodicals. July 1951 107. Fig. 6.—Dwarf forest near El Yuncue. The low canopy and windswept leafless upper limbs of the trees are seen. ( Bosque enano cerca de El Yunque. Observese lo bajo del dcsel y las ramcs altas desprovistas de kojas y azotadas par el viento). Reproduction, Growth, and Mortality Reproduction is fairly abundant through- out the forest. Representation of what are considered the better species is not every- where good or well distributed, but saplings of fair species gro
. The Caribbean forester. Forests and forestry Caribbean Area Periodicals; Forests and forestry Tropics Periodicals. July 1951 107. Fig. 6.—Dwarf forest near El Yuncue. The low canopy and windswept leafless upper limbs of the trees are seen. ( Bosque enano cerca de El Yunque. Observese lo bajo del dcsel y las ramcs altas desprovistas de kojas y azotadas par el viento). Reproduction, Growth, and Mortality Reproduction is fairly abundant through- out the forest. Representation of what are considered the better species is not every- where good or well distributed, but saplings of fair species grow beneath most openings. Analysis of 691 quarter-acre cruise plots in the tabonuco type showed 82 trees per acre in the 4-inch diameter class, of which 35, are of fair species. These include, in des- cending order of abundance, Tabebuia pallida Inga laurina (Sw.) Willd., Dacryodes ex- celsa Vahl., Didymopanax morototoni ( Dene.) Andira jamaicensis (W. Wright) Urban, Alchornea latijolia Sw., Slocnea berteriana Choisy, Guarea trichilioxdes Linociera domingensis (Lamb) Manilkara nitida (Sesse & Moc.) Dubard. Matayba domingensis (DC.) Radlk, Ho- malium racemosum Jacq., and Ocotea leucoxylon (Sw.) Mez. In the Colorado type, data from 174 plots showed 76 trees in the 4-inch dia- meter class, of which 35, are of fair quality. These include Micropholis garcinifolia Pierre, Ca- lycogonium squavxdosum Micropholis chry- sophylloides Pierre. Ocotec spathidata Cyril- la racemiflora L., Matayba domingensis (DC.) Radlk. and Magnolia splendens Urb. Tree growth is slow in the climax forest. Five-year records from four one-acre plots in climax stands appear in Table 4. This table includes only trees which grow to large size and which are between 2 and 20 inches in diameter. Dominant trees are growing slow- er than the codominants in the tabonuco type, apparently a consequence of their greater age. Table 4.—Diameter growth in climax forest Crov/n cla
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