Yesterday, while the other half of the group looked for birds, a group of four of us went to the 50 acre plots led by Dr. Egbert Giles Leigh. This BCI plot was the first 50 hectare tropical forest plot created. The plot was created in 1980. After the first census which took 3 years, all trees more than 1 cm in diameter have been identified every 5 years. For more information see Center for Tropical Forest Science website.
Here are some of the things we saw along the trail.
Here are some of the things we saw along the trail.
The above picture is of Luehea seemannii. This picture shows the characteristic caverns in the trunk of the tree.
This is the tallest tree on BCI, and it’s found in the 50 hectare plots. This is a Dipteryx tree that is 57 meters tall.
- Jennifer
