TABLE 10 



Stature and extent of Toumefortia in the major habitats 

 of Caroline Atoll. 



Av. Hgt. (m) Av. Width (m) Toumefortia No. No. 



(in) (m) Cover Motus Transects 



Natural Herb Mat 



Toumefortia 

 Scrub & Forest 

 Toumefortia - 

 Pisonia Forest 



1.4 



(0.3-1.8) 



6 



(0.3-15) 



9.5 



(5-15) 



49 

 (3-198) 



55 

 (2-287) 



98 

 (8-284) 



TABLE 1 1 



Distribution of well-developed (>I0 m height) Pisonia forests on the motus 



of Caroline Atoll. 1 Motus and transects are arranged according to the 



decreasing height of their Pisonia groves. Capitals indicate those motus 



whose forests were felled for Cocos plantations from 1916-20. 



Toumefortia or Cordia mas be present, but sub-dominant to Pisonia. 

 * 90-100% canopy cover. 

 50 SO', canop) cover. 



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