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There are 14 Holdridge life zones in Guatemala :[1] [2] [3]
Life zones
km²
%
Indicator vegetation species [1] [2]
Subtropical thorn scrub
928
0.85
Cactus spp., Pereskia spp., Jacquinia aurantiaca , Guaiacum sanctum , Bucida macrostachya , Vachellia farnesiana , Cordia dentata .
Tropical dry forest
216
0.20
Omphalea oleifera , Talisia olivaeformis , Chloroleucon mangense , Jacaratia mexicana , Myrospermum frutescens .
Subtropical dry forest
3,964
3.64
Cochlospermum vitifolium , Swietenia humilis , Alvaradoa amorphoides , Sabal mexicana , Phyllocarpus septentrionalis , Ceiba aesculifolia , Albizia caribaea , Rhizophora mangle , Avicennia nitida , Leucaena guatemalensis .
Subtropical moist forest (temperate)
12,320
11.32
Pinus oocarpa , Curatella americana , Quercus spp., Byrsonima crassifolia .
Subtropical moist forest (warm)
27,000
24.81
Southern zone: Sterculia apetala , Platymiscium dimorphandrum , Maclura tinctoria , Cordia alliodora .
Northern zone: Byrsonima crassifolia , Curatella americana , Xylopia frutescens , Metopium brownei , Quercus oleoides , Sabal morisiana , Manilkara zapota , Pseudobombax ellipticum , Pimenta dioica , Aspidosperma megalocarpon , Alseis yucatensis
Subtropical wet forest (warm)
40,700
37.41
Southern zone: Scheelea preussii , Terminalia oblonga , Enterolobium cyclocarpum , Sickingia salvadorensis , Triplaris melaenodendrum , Cybistax donnell-smithii , Andira inermis .
Northern zone: Attalea cohune , Terminalia amazonia , Brosimum alicastrum , Lonchocarpus spp., Virola spp., Cecropia pentandra , Vochysia guatemalensis , Pinus caribaea .
Subtropical wet forest (temperate)
2,584
2.38
Liquidambar styraciflua , Persea donnell-smithii , Eurya seemanii , Pinus pseudostrobus , Persea schediana , Rapanea ferruginea , Clethra spp., Myrica spp., Croton draco .
Subtropical rain forest
1,144
1.05
Magnolia guatemalensis , Talauma spp., Alfaroa spp.
Tropical rain forest
2,636
2.42
Acacia cookii , Cordia gerascanthus , Zanthoxylum belicense , Crudia spp., Podocarpus spp., Basiloxylon excelsa .
Subtropical lower montane moist forest
9,769
8.98
Quercus spp., Pinus pseudostrobus , Pinus montezumae , Juniperus comitana , Alnus jorullensis , Ostrya spp., Carpinus spp., Prunus serotina capuli , Arbutus xalapensis .
Subtropical lower montane wet forest
5,512
5.07
Cupressus lusitanica , Pinus ayacahuite , Chiranthodendron pentadactylon , Pinus hartwegii , Pinus pseudostrobus , Alnus jorullensis , Quercus spp., Zinowiewia spp., Buddleja spp.
Subtropical lower montane rain forest
908
0.83
Podocarpus oleifolius , Alfaroa costaricensis , Engelhardtia spp., Billia hippocastanum , Magnolia guatemalensis , Brunellia spp., Oreopanax xalapensis , Hedyosmum mexicanum , Gunnera spp.
Subtropical montane moist forest
88
0.08
Juniperus standleyi , Pinus hartwegii .
Subtropical montane wet forest
1,040
0.96
Abies guatemalensis , Pinus ayacahuite , Pinus hartwegii , Pinus pseudostrobus , Cupressus lusitanica , Quercus spp., Bocona volcanica , Buddleja spp., Cestrum spp., Garya spp., Bacharia spp.
Total area
108,809
100%
References