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By far the longest visit by a naturalist was that of Frederic Wood Jones who spent 15 months on the southern atoll in 1909 and published his account in the book, Coral and Atolls. A History and Description of the Keeling-Cocos Islands, with an account of their Fauna and Flora, and a Discussion of the Method of Development and Transformation of ...
The Granitic Seychelles contrast with the Coralline Seychelles or the Outer Islands, several island groups made up of low coral islands with dry, infertile soils. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Granitic Seychelles are home to tropical moist forests , with several endemic species, including the coco de mer ( Lodoicea maldivica ), and the jellyfish tree ...
Of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, only North Keeling Island has significant forest, the other islands having mostly been converted to agricultural uses. [1] North Keeling Island is 900 km southwest of Christmas Island. The Cocos Islands are also built on submerged seamounts, but the surface is limited to a low-lying coral atoll.
The natural vegetation is principally tropical rain forest, and includes lowland rain forests, montane rain forests, and cloud forests. Lowland rain forest was once the most widespread forest type, but has been cleared from most of the coastal lowlands and is now found in valleys and on lower mountain slopes. Typical tree species include Inocarpus fagifer, Cananga odorata, Rhus taitensis ...
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Araucaria columnaris is a distinctive narrowly conical tree growing up to 60 m (200 ft) tall in its native habit. The trees have a slender, spire-like crown. [3] The shape of young trees strongly resembles A. heterophylla. The bark of the Cook pine peels off in thin paper-like sheets or strips and is rough, grey, and resinous. [3]
Beaches on the island range between 25 and 30 metres (82 and 98 feet) wide, composed of coral sand and rubble. There is no lagoon or fresh water on the island, and no known freshwater lens . Vostok's major portion is covered with a pure stand of Pisonia trees rooted in moist peat soil one meter thick. [ 3 ]
Fagraea-Fitchia forest is found at mid-elevations along knife-edge ridges. Fagraea berteroana and the endemic Fitchia speciosa are the predominant trees, and both have massive and extensive roots which provide support and stabilize the rocky slopes. Other common trees include species of Homalium, Canthium, Alyxia, Coprosma, Meryta, and ...