Plants of Saint Lucia

It is based on fifteen years of field work on this spectacular small island and reveals an astonishing plant biodiversity of over 1300 wild flowering plant species and 150 species of ferns squeezed into a rugged 620 square kilometers.

Its worth having a look at the slideshows which reveal the many faces of Saint Lucia - from the arid, rocky Atlantic coast to the cloud covered, cold, elfin shrublands to the magical rock gardens on the summit of Gros Piton.

I have received much help and encouragement along the way (see acknowledgments) but want to mention here the dedicated team at the Department of Forestry. Our wonderful rainforest reserve is a result of their efforts over the years and our forest trails, now being rebuilt after the devastation of Hurricane Tomas, enable Saint Lucians and tourists to enter safely into a wonderful but incredibly steep forest, cut by innumerable deep ravines.

Please feel free to contact me by email with any question, comments and corrections!

We have a Google group Plants of the Antilles so again please contact me if you would like an invitation to join.

Over the next few months, this website's appearance will be improved page by page - in the meantime, there will be a mixture of syles.

Roger Graveson, December 23rd 2011