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Appendix 10:
PLANT COMMUNITIES
Reprinted from the 1997 WAPA Resource Management Plan

Site
 Pre-WWII
 Japanese
Occupation
 Post-Liberation
 Present
Asan Units
StrandStrandStrand Basically destroyedStrand
BeachHalophytic-Xerophytic Halophytic-Xerophytic
Limestone Forest		 Basically destroyed
Limestone Forest		 Tangentangen; some Limestone Forest
Coastal PlainSome houses; cleared land Some houses; rice paddiesBasically destroyed Mowed grass; weeds; Tangentangen
River ValleysRavine Forest;
Limestone forest		 Ravine Forest;
Limestone forest; Fortifications		 Heavily damagedTangentangen; some Limestone forest
Fonte Plateau
SlopesLimestone forest; savanna Limestone forest; savannaDamaged Tangentangen; some
Limestone forest;
savanna
Piti Unit
SlopesLimestone; Ravine forest Limestone; Ravine forest
Mahogany; fortification		 Basically destroyedMahogany; Ravine forest
Mt Tenjo/Chachao Unit
SlopesSavanna; some Limestone
forests; Ravine forests		 Savanna; fortification;
Limestone forests;
Ravine forests		 DamagedSavanna; some
Limestone forests
Ravine forests
Agat Unit
BeachStrand; some houses Strand; houses;
fortifications		 Basically destroyed Strand; mowed grass;
fortifications
Coastal IslandsHalophytic, Xerophytic
Limestone forest		 Halophytic, Xerophytic
Limestone forest		 Heavily damaged Halophytic, Xerophytic
Limestone forest
SlopesSavanna; Ravine forests
fortifications		 Savanna; Ravine forests Basically destroyed Eroded Savanna; Ravine
forests

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