Tournetortia Pisonia Tournelortla Herb Mat 



Achyranthes canescens 

 Boerhavia repens 

 Heliotropium anomalum 



Ipomoea macrantha 

 Morinda citrifolia 



Pisonia grandis 



Phymatosorus scolopendria 



Portulaca lutea 

 Tournetortia argentea 



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 a 



z 

 < 

 u 



30 _ 



20 - 



10 - 



LAGOON 

 Heel 



100 



TRANSECT WIDTH Iml 



200 



OCEAN 

 I windward 



Fig. 45. Pig Islet: east- west cross-section through center of islet. Dataincludes floristic composition, relative abundance of plant species, degree of species overlap 

 and canopy heights. Vertical height is exaggerated. Pig's profile is especially symmetrical. It is remarkable that this islet was totally felled for coconuts 

 in 1920. 



Boerhavia repens 

 Cocos nuci tera 

 Heliotropium anomalum 

 Laportea ruderalis 

 Lepturus repens 

 Morinda citrifolia 

 Pisonia grandis 

 Portulaca lutea 

 Sun ana maritima 

 Tournetortia argentea 



LAGOON 

 Heel 



100 



TRANSECT WIDTH Iml 



200 



OCEAN 



I windward I 



Fig. 46. Brothers Islet: east-west cross-section through center of islet. Data includes floristic composition, relative abundance of plant species, degree of species 

 overlap and canopy heights. Vertical height is exaggerated. Note the central monotypic stand of Pisonia forest. This islet's forests were totally felled 

 in 1920. o 7 



