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 links:Vostok This island is only 240 mē large. Vostok was never mined for guano, therefore the island is still in its pristine state. Photo: Angela K. Keppler; by courtesy of Angela K. Keppler http://www.pbif.org |
 links:Interestingly Vostok seems to be home for only two, or maybe three, plant species. One of them, Te Buka (Pisonia grandis) forms a very simple, but nevertheless dense forest. Photo: Angela K. Keppler; by courtesy of Angela K. Keppler http://www.pbif.org |
 links:The undergrowth of the Pisonia forests, consisting of their own offspring. Photo: Angela K. Keppler; by courtesy of Angela K. Keppler http://www.pbif.org |
| Flora of Vostok almost complete) (green = pictures) Boerhavia repens, Boerhavia tetrandra, Pisonia grandis, Sesuvium portulacastrum (?) |
| References: - Dieter Mueller-Dombois; Francis Raymond Fosberg: Vegetation of the Tropical Pacific Islands. Springer, 1997 |