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 left:ISS010-E-5446 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Toau The north western part of the Toau atoll, as well as the northern and north eastern part, consist of larger, densly vegetated motus. In the north of the atoll lies one -, in the north eastern part lie two passages from the open ocean to the lagoon. Inside the lagoon lie several tiny, islets, which show some vegetation as well. The south eastern part is formed by only a few, smaller motus. The southern and south western parts of the Toa atoll consist almost completely of submerged reef flats. |
| Flora of Toau (incomplete) (green = pictures) Achyranthes velutina, Asplenium nidus, Boerhavia tetrandra, Cassytha filiformis, Chamaesyce fosbergii, Cocos nucifera, Cordia subcordata, Fimbristylis cymosa ssp. umbellatocapitata, Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium anomalum, Heliotropium foertherianum, Ipomoea macrantha, Kadua romanzoffiensis, Laportea ruderalis, Lepidium bidentatum, Lepturus repens, Microsorum grossum, Pandanus tectorius, Pemphis acidula, Pipturus argenteus var. tuamotensis, Pisonia grandis, Portulaca lutea, Scaevola taccada, Suriana maritima, Timonius polygamus, Triumfetta procumbens |
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