Overview of WASA’s Major Wetland Systems

Page: 1 2 3

The following tables list the plant and animals species which can be found in the WASA wetland systems

Table 1: Flora Common Name Scientific Name Guru Guru Acrocomia aculeate Bamboo Bambusa vulgaris Bois Canot Cecropia peltata Silk Cotton Ceiba pentangdra Cuchapa CoccolobalLatifola Coconut Cocos nulifera Black Sage Cordia cyrassavica Crappo Guatecare Carapa guianensis Carat Seal mauritiiformis Balisier Heliconia bihai Cocorite Palm Attalea maripa Hogplum Spondias mombin Swamp Immortelle Erythrina glauca Juniper Genipa americana Olivier Terminalia amazonia Palmiste Palm Roystonea oleracea Sandbox Hura crepitans Serette Byrsonnima spicata Wild Tabacco Nicotiana rustica Wild Cashima Rollinia exsucca(Small); Rollinia mucosa(Large) Wild Chaitaigne Pachira Insignis Coco Macaque Marila grandiflora Jereton matchwood Didymopanax morototoni Kiskidee Vismia falcate Cajuca Virola Surinamensis Tapana Hyeronima laxiflora Mango Mangifera indica Guava Psiduim guajava Cocorite Attalea maripa Trimite Palm Manicaria saccifera Table 3: Fishes Common Name Scientific Name Sardine Astyanax bimaculatus Hunch Back Sardine Roeboides dayi Sword Tail Sardine Corynopoma riisei Guppy Pocelia reticulata Coscorob Aequidens pulcher Giant Gobi Gobiomonus dormitator Matawel Crenicichla alta Zangie Synbranchus marmo Guabine Hoplias malabaricus Catfish Rhandia quelen

Table 2: Fauna Common Name Scientific Name Squirrel Sciurus granatensis Red Brocket Deer Mazama Americana trinitatis Lappe Agouti paca Agouti Dasy procta guamara Porcupine Coendou prehensilis Manicou Didelplus marsupialis Peccary Tayassu tajacu Caiman Caiman crocodilus crocodilus Matte Tupinambis tegui Iguana Iguana Iguana Anteater Cyclopes diadactylus Ocelot Felis paradalis Red Howler Monkey Alouatta seniculus insularis Silky Anteater Tamandue Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus Bananaquit Coereba Flaveola Black throated woodcreeper Thraupis palmarum Buff-throated mango Anthracothorax nigricollis Blue Gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus Great keskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Buff throated woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus Orange Winged Parrot Amazona Amazonica Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti Rufous-Browned   Ruby-Topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus Parrots Family: Psittacidae Ramier   Chestnut Woodpecker Celeus elegans Pawi Trinidad Piping Guan Pipile pipile Ornate Hawk Spizaetus ornatus Oilbird Steatornis caripensis Water fowl Family Anatidae (Ducks) and Family Phoenicopteridae. (Flamingoes) Table 4: Vegetation within the swamp Species Family Comment Laguncularia racemosa Combretaceae Scatter near road Acrostichum danaeifolium Adiantaceae Avicenna germinans Avicenniaceae Dominant tree cover Rhizophora mangle Rhizophoraceae Rare Eleocharis mutate Cyperaceae Algae In standing water Lemna sp. Lemnaceae In standing water