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Ficus citrifolia (shortleaf fig; wild banyantree)

Synonyms: Ficus brevifolia; Ficus laevigata

Wikipedia Abstract

Ficus citrifolia, also known as the Shortleaf Fig, Giant Bearded Fig or Wild Banyantree, is a species of banyan native to southern Florida, the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America south to Paraguay. It is distinguished from the closely related Florida Strangler Fig mainly by the finer veining in the leaves.
View Wikipedia Record: Ficus citrifolia

Attributes

Height [1]  37 feet (11.4 m)
Width [1]  42 feet (13 m)
Air Quality Improvement [1]  None
Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Carbon Capture [1]  Low
Shade Percentage [1]  91 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Medium
Wind Reduction [1]  Medium-High
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Water Use [1]  Moderate
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Tree

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Braulio Carrillo National Park II 117843 Costa Rica  
Buenavista Wetland Reserve 778949 Cuba    
Cahuita National Park II 34272 Costa Rica  
Carara National Park II 12983 Costa Rica  
Chirripó National Park II 126117 Costa Rica  
Corcovado National Park 115845 Costa Rica  
Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge   Puerto Rico, United States
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Guanacaste National Park II 85819 Costa Rica  
Luquillo Biosphere Reserve 8617 Puerto Rico, United States  
Piedras Blancas National Park II 34735 Costa Rica  
Reserva Biológica Alberto Manuel Brenes Biological Reserve Ia 19317 Costa Rica  
Reserva de la Biosfera de la Amistad Biosphere Reserve II 493313 Costa Rica  
Rincón de la Vieja National Park II 35068 Costa Rica  
Santa Rosa National Park II 95780 Costa Rica
Tapantí-Macizo de La Muer National Park II 12767 Costa Rica
Tortuguero National Park II 47632 Costa Rica

Ecosystems

Predators

Amazona ventralis (Hispaniolan Parrot)[4]
Artibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican fruit-eating bat)[5]
Artibeus phaeotis (pygmy fruit-eating bat)[4]
Artibeus watsoni[4]
Ateles paniscus (black spider monkey)[6]
Cebus apella (brown capuchin)[6]
Cebus capucinus (white-faced capuchin)[4]
Ceroplastes cassiae[7]
Ceroplastes janeirensis[7]
Chiroderma villosum (hairy big-eyed bat)[4]
Coereba flaveola (Bananaquit)[4]
Dendroica caerulescens (Black-throated Blue Warbler)[4]
Dendroica discolor (Prairie Warbler)[4]
Dendroica tigrina (Cape May Warbler)[4]
Euphonia violacea (Violaceous Euphonia)[4]
Geotrygon montana (Ruddy Quail-Dove)[4]
Icterus dominicensis (Greater Antillean Oriole)[4]
Loxigilla portoricensis (Puerto Rican Bullfinch)[4]
Margarops fuscatus (Pearly-eyed Thrasher)[4]
Marpesia petreus (Ruddy daggerwing)[8]
Megalopyge krugii[8]
Melanerpes portoricensis (Puerto Rican Woodpecker)[4]
Mimus polyglottos (Northern Mockingbird)[4]
Myiarchus stolidus (Stolid Flycatcher)[4]
Nesospingus speculiferus (Puerto Rican Tanager)[4]
Parula americana (Northern Parula)[4]
Patagioenas leucocephala (White-crowned Pigeon)[4]
Patagioenas squamosa (Scaly-naped Pigeon)[4]
Quiscalus niger (Greater Antillean Grackle)[4]
Setophaga ruticilla (American Redstart)[4]
Tachyphonus rufus (White-lined Tanager)[4]
Tangara gyrola (Bay-headed Tanager)[4]
Tangara mexicana (Turquoise Tanager)[4]
Tiaris olivaceus (Yellow-faced Grassquit)[4]
Turdus plumbeus (Red-legged Thrush)[4]
Tyrannus caudifasciatus (Loggerhead Kingbird)[4]
Tyrannus dominicensis (Grey Kingbird)[4]
Uroderma bilobatum (tent-making bat)[4]
Vampyressa nymphaea (striped yellow-eared bat)[4]
Vampyressa pusilla (little yellow-eared bat)[4]
Vireo altiloquus (Black-whiskered Vireo)[4]
Vireo latimeri (Puerto Rican Vireo)[4]
Zenaida aurita (Zenaida Dove)[4]
Pegoscapus assuetus (fig wasp)[6]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Pegoscapus assuetus (fig wasp)[6]

Consumers

Shelter for 
Pegoscapus assuetus (fig wasp)[6]

Range Map

Link to Map
Caribbean; North America;

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Kartesz J., , ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 4"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572 ♦ 5Folivory in Fruit-Eating Bats, with New Evidence from Artibeus jamaicensis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), Thomas H. Kunz and Carlos A. Diaz, Biotropica, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Mar., 1995), pp. 106-120 ♦ 6Animals of the Rainforest ♦ 7Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 8HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Range map provided by Digital representation of "Atlas of United States Trees" by Elbert L. Little, Jr., U.S. Geological Survey, 1999
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access