TAB1.K 2 



Vascular flora ol Caroline Atoll: relative abundance of each species within the major ecosystems, with data on seabird utilization 



Scientific Name 



(.minion & Gilbertese 

 Name 



Seabird 

 Utilization 



o 

 o 



2- 



Nalural Ecosystems 



Coastal 



Natural Beach Town. 

 Herb Scrub Scrub 

 Mat With 

 Suriana 



Inland 



Toum. 



Forest 



A nt h ropogen ic Ecosystems 



Coconut Woodlands 



Pisonia Cocos Dying Mixed 



Forest Plantation Cocos/ Forest 



Ipomoea With 



Plantation Cocos 



TREES 

 Pisonia grandis 



Morinda citrifolia 

 Cocos nucifera 

 Cordia subcordata 



Pandanus tectorius 



'Hibiscus tiliai ens 



'Thespesia populnea 



SHRUBS 



Tourneforlia argentea 

 Suriana maritima 



'Ximenia americana 

 'Scaevola s< rit ea 



Species A 



HERBS 



Heliotropium anomalum 



Boerhavia repens 

 Ponulaca lulea 



Laportea ruderalis 



'At hvranthi s i anesi ens 

 Phymatosorus scolopendria 



I 1 punas repens 

 Ipomoea nun ranlha 



Tacca leontopelaloides 



Lepidium bidentatum 

 Psilotum million 



Phyllanlbus amarus 

 Sida falkn 



nana sp. 

 Iiihiilus i istoides 



pisonia, puka tree, 



te buka 



Indian mulberry, te mm 



coconut, te ni 



sea trumpet, kou 



(Hawaii I. ic kanawa 



pandanus, screwpine, 



te aroka, te kaina 



beach hibiscus, hau 



(Hawaii). ic nui 



milo (Hawaii ). te bingibing 



tree heliotrope, te ren 

 bay cedar, te aroa, te 

 mount 



monkeyplum 

 scaevola, saltbush, 

 half-flower, te mao 



"sand rose", hnitiliinn 

 ( Hau an I 

 pigvine, te wao 

 yellow portulaca, 

 seaside purslane. 

 te boimari, te hot 

 "nettle", te ukeuke, 

 te nekeneke 



maile-scented fern, 

 Itittti'c or lawai fern, 

 te raukota, te keang 

 bunchgrass, te uteute 

 morning glory, wild 

 moon-flower, te ruku 

 Polynesian or island 

 arrowroot, pia t Hawaii 

 & I ahiti), n- makemake 

 peppergrass 

 upright psilotum. "reed 

 fern", te kimarawa 



'ilimti (Hawaii), te kaura 

 crabgrass, te uteute 

 puncture vine, te kiebu 



X X o-uc vc 



O VC-A 

 R 



X A UC 

 R-UC R-C 



A A 

 O 



O-A R-UC 

 R-VC VC 



R 

 R-UC UC-A 



PR 



VC 



R-A R-A 



UC-C O 



C-A C 

 R-C C 



LC LC 



L.R-A 



R R 



LR 



UC-A 



UC 



LA 



R-A 



L.O 



LC 

 C 



C-A.L 



R-UC 



UC-A UC C-A 



R-C R 



LC R-UC UC-C 

 O A 



R-A R-UC C-A 

 R 



UC A 



I \ 



LR 

 PR 

 PR 

 (S) 



Excludes transient and extinct species i | able 1 1 Species arranged according to then overall abundance on the atoll. 



New records foi Caroline. 



Mot seen on this expedition, lasi seen 1965 K'lapp & Sibley, 1971a). 



