The most common vegetation in the ecoregion includes Acacia glomerosa, Bourreria cumanensis, Bulnesia arborea, Caesalpinia coriniana, Copaifera venezolana, Croton sp. From Wordnik.com. [Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub] Reference
The steppe is formed by resinous evergreen bushes dominated by representatives of the Zygophyllaceae family, such as species from the genera Larrea (jarillas), Bulnesia (retamos) and Plectocarpa (mancapotrillos). From Wordnik.com. [Argentine Monte] Reference
Some of the flora in these areas include Acacia glamerosa, Bulnesia arborea, Bourreria cumanensis, Copaifera venezuelana, Gyrocarpus americanus, Jacquinia pungens, Malpighia glabra, Myrospermum frutescens, Piptadenia flava, and Ritterocereus griseus. From Wordnik.com. [Maracaibo dry forests] Reference
Armathocereus humilis, Stenocereus griseus, Acanthocereus pentagonus y Pilosocereus colombianus; and woody species of bushes and trees such as Pithecellobium bogotense, Capparis odoratissima, Bulnesia carrapo, Maclura tinctoria, Fagara pterota, Prakinsonia aculeta, Prosopis juliflora, and Acacia farnesiana among others. From Wordnik.com. [Magdalena Valley dry forests] Reference
Aspidosperma quebracho, Bulnesia sarmientii and Schinopsis sp.) up to 13 meters (m) high. From Wordnik.com. [Chaco] Reference
The flora in drought deciduous lowland and submontane woodland includes Acacia farnesiana, Acanthocereus colombianus, Bombacopsis quinata, Bourreria cumanensis, Bulnesia arborea, Caesalpinia coriaria, Capparis coccolobifolia, C. flexuosa, C. linearis, C. odoratissima, C. tenuisiliqua, Cassia sp. From Wordnik.com. [Lara-Falcón dry forests] Reference
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