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 left:ISS012-E-7326 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Anaa This atoll is ca. 30 km long and 6,5 km wide. The Anaa atoll is currently in the process of becoming a makatea island, that means its lagoon at least partially fills with sediments and starts to fall dry. Beside this the motus in the northwest have risen several metres above the sea level. The flora of the atoll resembles that of other, more typical atolls, but contains some species which cannot be found on other atolls in the Tuamotu Archipelago. The atoll has an an endemic subspecies of the Tuamotu Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus atyphus palmarum). |
| Flora of Anaa (incomplete) (green = pictures) Achyranthes velutina, Asplenium polyodon, Boerhavia tetrandra, Calophyllum inophyllum, Canavalia sericea, Cassytha filiformis, Chamaesyce fosbergii, Cocos nucifera, Corchorus torresianus, Cordia subcordata, Digitaria stenotaphrodes, Glochidion sp. (?), Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium foertherianum, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Kadua romanzoffiensis, Lepturus repens, Meryta sp. (?), Microsorum grossum, Morinda myrtifolia, Pemphis acidula, Peperomia pallida, Pipturus argenteus var. tuamotensis, Planchonella grayana (?), Portulaca lutea, Psilotum nudum, Scaevola taccada, Sesbania coccinea ssp. atollensis, Sesuvium portulacastrum, Suriana maritima, Tarenna sambucina, Terminalia glabrata var. koariki, Terminalia samoensis (?), Thespesia populnea, Triumfetta procumbens, Xylosma suaveolens ssp. gracile |
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