Enderbury

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left: ISS008-E-18289 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Enderbury The island is about 5,1 km² large. It is a raised atoll, whose lagoon is now almost completely dry. As many other islands also this one was completely divested of its huge guano deposits. Today Enderbury is a breeding ground for many seabird species.

left: view over the hypersaline lagoon of Enderbury Photo: Angela K. Keppler; by courtesy of Angela K. Keppler http://www.pbif.org

Flora of Enderbury (almost complete) (green = pictures) Boerhavia albiflora, Cassytha filiformis, Cordia subcordata, Digitaria pacifica, Eragrostis paupera, Fimbristylis cymosa, Heliotropium foertherianum, Ipomoea macrantha, Laportea ruderalis, Lepturus pilgerianus, Lepturus repens, Pisonia grandis, Portulaca lutea, Ruppia maritima, Scaevola taccada, Sesuvium portulacastrum, Sida fallax, Thespesia populnea (?), Tribulus cistoides, Triumfetta procumbens

References: - David R. Stoddart; F. Raymond Fosberg: Flora of the Phoenix Islands, Central Pacific. Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Atoll Res. Bull. 393: 1-60. 1994 - R. J. Pierce; T. Etei; V. Kerr; E. Saul; A. Teatata; M. Thorsen; G. Wragg: Phoenix Islands Conservation Survey and Assessment of restoration feasibility: Kiribati. Pacific Invasives Initiative, CEPF and Conservation International, Samoa. 2006