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Other animals, fungi and plants arrived via long-distance oceanic dispersal or island hopping from North America and South America. The bioregion has many plant species, including many endemics. There are about 200 endemic genera of plants. Wallenia, the largest endemic genus, has thirty species, and six other genera have ten or more species.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flora of the Caribbean. For the purposes of this category, "Caribbean" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD); that is, it is defined as a region of Southern America, comprising: Islands of the Leeward Islands. Islands of the Windward Islands.
A tropical garden is a type of garden that features tropical plants and requires heavy rainfall or a decent irrigation or sprinkler system for watering. These gardens typically need fertilizer and heavy mulching . Tropical gardens are no longer exclusive to tropical areas. Many gardeners in cooler climates are adopting the tropical garden ...
A floating island is a mass of floating aquatic plants, mud, and peat ranging in thickness from several centimeters to a few meters. Sometimes referred to as tussocks, floatons, or suds, floating islands are found in many parts of the world. They exist less commonly as an artificial island. Floating islands are generally found on marshlands ...
Invasive plants. The following are some of the invasive plant species established in Hawaii: Ageratina riparia. Andropogon glomeratus. Andropogon virginicus. Argyreia nervosa. Carduus pycnocephalus. Casuarina. Cenchrus ciliaris.
The Mariana Islands form an archipelago in the northwest of the Micronesian region. In 2012, Craig M. Costion and David H. Lorence compiled a list of Micronesian endemic plants, and assessed that the Mariana Islands had 22 endemic plant species (16 species in the southern Mariana Islands, of which 11 were isolated to Guam, and 5 species in the ...
Sclerotheca raiateensis. Sideroxylon nadeaudii. Categories: Flora of the Society Islands. Endemic flora of French Polynesia.
Botanical garden. Location. Santa Catalina Island, California. Coordinates. 33°19′44″N 118°20′26″W. / 33.32889°N 118.34056°W / 33.32889; -118.34056. Area. 38 acres (15 ha) The Wrigley Memorial & Botanic Garden is a botanic garden on Santa Catalina Island, California, operated by the Catalina Island Conservancy.