Vegetation Chart | Galapagos Islands | Galapagos Cruises

Galapagos vegetation chart: List of plant life and flora by zones and Island

Below is a vegetation chart indicating the location of plant life in the zones that are most visited by tourists. We have underlined the most common species.

This vegetations zones can be found on different islands depending on their elevation and distance from the coast.

Coastal Zone	Dry or Arid Zone	Humid Zone
Sesuvium Mangle boton or button mangrove Salt bush Black Mangrove White Mangrove Red Mangrove Maytenus Nolana Batis Heliotrope Shore Petunia (Cacabus) Puncture Vine Morning glory	Molluga Alternantha Portulacia Poison Apple Gloryblower Espino Passionflower Tiquilia (Coldenia) Chamaesya (spurge) Lantana Prickly pear (Opuntia) Jasminocereus (Candelabra cactus) Brachycereus (Lava cactus) Palo santo (Bursera) Chala (Croton) Acacia Mesquite Matazarno Parkinsonia (Palo verde) Lycium Cordia Atriplex	Bananas Mangoes Mulberry Butterfly weed avocado papaya elephant grass coffee Quinine balsa Datura arborea manihot root bamboo Lantana (exotic) Ferns/Sedges Guayabillo Guayabo or guava Lechoso (Scalesia) or sunflower tree Pega pega Cats Claw tree (Zanthophylum) Tillandria Justica Bidens