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There are 14 Holdridge life zones in Guatemala:[1][2][3]
Life zones
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km²
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%
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Indicator vegetation species[1][2]
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Subtropical thorn scrub
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928
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0.85
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Cactus spp., Pereskia spp., Jacquinia aurantiaca, Guaiacum sanctum, Bucida macrostachya, Vachellia farnesiana, Cordia dentata.
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Tropical dry forest
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216
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0.20
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Omphalea oleifera, Talisia olivaeformis, Chloroleucon mangense, Jacaratia mexicana, Myrospermum frutescens.
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Subtropical dry forest
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3,964
|
3.64
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Cochlospermum vitifolium, Swietenia humilis, Alvaradoa amorphoides, Sabal mexicana, Phyllocarpus septentrionalis, Ceiba aesculifolia, Albizia caribaea, Rhizophora mangle, Avicennia nitida, Leucaena guatemalensis.
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Subtropical moist forest (temperate)
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12,320
|
11.32
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Pinus oocarpa, Curatella americana, Quercus spp., Byrsonima crassifolia.
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Subtropical moist forest (warm)
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27,000
|
24.81
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- Southern zone: Sterculia apetala, Platymiscium dimorphandrum, Maclura tinctoria, Cordia alliodora.
- Northern zone: Byrsonima crassifolia, Curatella americana, Xylopia frutescens, Metopium brownei, Quercus oleoides, Sabal morisiana, Manilkara zapota, Pseudobombax ellipticum, Pimenta dioica, Aspidosperma megalocarpon, Alseis yucatensis
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Subtropical wet forest (warm)
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40,700
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37.41
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- Southern zone: Scheelea preussii, Terminalia oblonga, Enterolobium cyclocarpum, Sickingia salvadorensis, Triplaris melaenodendrum, Cybistax donnell-smithii, Andira inermis.
- Northern zone: Attalea cohune, Terminalia amazonia, Brosimum alicastrum, Lonchocarpus spp., Virola spp., Cecropia pentandra, Vochysia guatemalensis, Pinus caribaea.
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Subtropical wet forest (temperate)
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2,584
|
2.38
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Liquidambar styraciflua, Persea donnell-smithii, Eurya seemanii, Pinus pseudostrobus, Persea schediana, Rapanea ferruginea, Clethra spp., Myrica spp., Croton draco.
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Subtropical rain forest
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1,144
|
1.05
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Magnolia guatemalensis, Talauma spp., Alfaroa spp.
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Tropical rain forest
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2,636
|
2.42
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Acacia cookii, Cordia gerascanthus, Zanthoxylum belicense, Crudia spp., Podocarpus spp., Basiloxylon excelsa.
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Subtropical lower montane moist forest
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9,769
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8.98
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Quercus spp., Pinus pseudostrobus, Pinus montezumae, Juniperus comitana, Alnus jorullensis, Ostrya spp., Carpinus spp., Prunus serotina capuli, Arbutus xalapensis.
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Subtropical lower montane wet forest
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5,512
|
5.07
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Cupressus lusitanica, Pinus ayacahuite, Chiranthodendron pentadactylon, Pinus hartwegii, Pinus pseudostrobus, Alnus jorullensis, Quercus spp., Zinowiewia spp., Buddleja spp.
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Subtropical lower montane rain forest
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908
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0.83
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Podocarpus oleifolius, Alfaroa costaricensis, Engelhardtia spp., Billia hippocastanum, Magnolia guatemalensis, Brunellia spp., Oreopanax xalapensis, Hedyosmum mexicanum, Gunnera spp.
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Subtropical montane moist forest
|
88
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0.08
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Juniperus standleyi, Pinus hartwegii.
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Subtropical montane wet forest
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1,040
|
0.96
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Abies guatemalensis, Pinus ayacahuite, Pinus hartwegii, Pinus pseudostrobus, Cupressus lusitanica, Quercus spp., Bocona volcanica, Buddleja spp., Cestrum spp., Garya spp., Bacharia spp.
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Total area
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108,809
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100%
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