Lowland flooded savanna and woodland geocomplex. 1. Evergreen seasonal forest: Pterocarpus rohrii-Ceiba pentandra communities with Vitex appunii, Sterculia apetala, etc. Flat semi-elevations (“bancos”) with sandy-silty soils and shallow phreatic level. 2. Evergreen seasonal flooded forest: Pisonia macranthocarpa-Hura crepitans community, with Copernicia tectorum, Albizia caribaensis, etc. Levées semi-elevations (“bancos”). 3. Flooded tall-herbaceous savanna: Andropogon virgatum-Panicum junceum communities, with Imperata contracta. Ancient alluvial floodplain topographic depressions with seasonally flooded soils. 4. Flooded riparian forest: Copaifera officinalis-Vitex apuhnii community. Savanna streams levées (“caños”). 5. Flooded shrubland: Coccoloba obtusifolia community. Successional vegetation on riparian stream banks. 6. Flooded low-herbaceous savanna: Paspalum orbiculatum communities. Lakes and ponds margins. 7. Aquatic emergent vegetation: Oxycarium cubensis-Eleocharis interstincta communities. Helophytic vegetation on shallow water. 8. Aquatic floating vegetation: Eichhornia heterosperma-Eichhornia azurea communities, with Eichhornia crassipes, Limnobium laevigatum, Nymphaea spp., etc. Graphic geobotanical interpretation based on cited references, our own field data (Barinas-San Fernando de Apure) and Google Earth images.

 
 
  Part of: Navarro G, Luebert F, Molina JA (2023) South American terrestrial biomes as geocomplexes: a geobotanical landscape approach. Vegetation Classification and Survey 4: 75-114. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.96710