Forestry (Declaration of Protected Trees) Order (S.I. No. 5 of 2021)

EXTRAORDINARY OFFICIAL GAZETTE THE BAHAMAS PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY NASSAU 23rd August, 2011 NASSAU 16th February, 2021 FORESTRY (DECLARATION OF PROTECTED TREES) ORDER, 2021 Arrangement of Orders Order 1. Citation ........................................................................................................ 2 2. Declaration of protected trees ..................................................................... 2 SCHEDULE 2 OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER S.I. No. 149 of 2020 The Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10 of the Forestry Act (No. 20 of 2010), makes the following Order –– 1. Citation. This Order may be cited as the Forestry (Declaration of Protected Trees) Order, 2021. 2. Declaration of protected trees. The trees specified in Parts I and II of the Schedule, are hereby declared protected trees for the purposes of the Act –– SCHEDULE (Order 2) PART I ENDEMIC OR ENDANGERED OR THREATENED PROTECTED TREES Common Name Botanical Name No Known Common Name Agave acklinicola Page - 2 EXTRAORDINARY OFFICIAL GAZETTE THE BAHAMAS PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY NASSAU 23rd August, 2011 MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND HOUSING S.I. No. 5 of 2021 FORESTRY ACT (NO. 20 OF 2020) FORESTRY (DECLARATION OF PROTECTED TREES) ORDER, 2021 Bahama Century Plant Agave bahamana No Known Common Name Agave braceana Bamboo, Manilla Agave cacozela No Known Common Name Agave inaguensis No Known Common Name Agave indagatorum No Known Common Name Agave millspaughii No Known Common Name Agave nashii Carrajo Bush Anastraphia pancifloscula No Known Common Name Argythamnia lucayana No Known Common Name Argythamnia sericea No Known Common Name Aristida correlliae No Known Common Name Ateleia popenoei No Known Common Name Bursera frenningae Spineless Yellow Knickers Caesalpinia murifructa No Known Common Name Catesbaea foliosa No Known Common Name Chiococca stricta No Known Common Name Chromolaena bahamensis No Known Common Name Chromolaena lucayana Bahama Virgin’s Bower Clematis plukenetii Thatch Palm Coccothrinax inaguensis Bootle Bay Sedge Cyperus correllii No Known Common Name Eleocharis bahamensis No Known Common Name Encyclia androsiana No Known Common Name Encyclia correllii No Known Common Name Encyclia fehlingii No Known Common Name Encyclia inaguensis No Known Common Name Encyclia withneri Bahama Love Grass Eragrostis bahamensis No Known Common Name Erithalis diffusa No Known Common Name Ernodea gigantea No Known Common Name Ernodea millspaughii No Known Common Name Ernodea nashii No Known Common Name Ernodea serratifolia No Known Common Name Erythroxylum reticulatum Bahama Spurge Euphorbia cayensis No Known Common Name Euphorbia gymnonota No Known Common Name Euphorbia inaguaensis Pin Weed Spurge Euphorbia lecheoides No Known Common Name Euphorbia longinsulicola Page - 3 No Known Common Name Euphorbia proctorii Sheathed Spurge Euphorbia vaginulata No Known Common Name Euphorbia serratifolia Bahama Milk Pea Galactia bahamensis No Known Common Name Guettarda nashii Shoalgrass Halodule wrightii Brooks Dildo, Apple Cactus Harrisia brookii Low heliotrope Heliotropium diffusum Low ashy heliotrope, White Pussley Heliotropium nanum No Known Common Name Heliotropium nashii Inagua Sagebrush Lantana balsamifera Bahama Sagebrush Lantana demutata No Known Common Name Lepidaploa arbuscula Bahama Flax Linum bahamensis No Known Common Name Lobelia lucayana No Known Common Name Koanophyllon correlliorum No Known Common Name Matelea correllii Bahama Maytenus Monteverdia lucayana No Known Common Name Metastelma inaguense No Known Common Name Metastelma sigmoideum No Known Common Name Mosiera androsiana Bahama Passion Flower Passiflora bahamensis Bahamas Swamp Bush Pavonia bahamensis Boykin’s milkwort Polygala boykinii var. sparsifolia No Known Common Name Portulaca minuta Bahama Spathelia Spathelia bahamensis No Known Common Name Spermacoce brittonii No Known Common Name Spermacoce capillaris No Known Common Name Spermacoce felis-insulae No Known Common Name Spermacoce inaguensis No Known Common Name Spermacoce savannarum No Known Common Name Spermacoce thymifolia Filiform Rush-grass Sporobolus bahamensis No Known Common Name Stenandrium bracteosum Pineland Aster Symphyotrichum lucayanum Manatee Grass Syringodium filiforme No Known Common Name Tetranthus bahamensis Turtle Grass Thalassia testudinum Sliver Leaf, Naked Wood, Quicksilver Thouinia discolor Page - 4 Bush, Three Finger, Gaul in Shank No Known Common Name Thymopsis brittonii No Known Common Name Tolumnia sasseri Granny Bush, Cocobey Varronia bahamensis No Known Common Name Varronia lucayana Rong Bush Wedelia bahamensis Eleuthera Coontie, Bay Rush Zamia angustifolia Long Island Coontie Zamia lucayana PART II CULTURAL OR HISTORICAL AND ECONOMIC PROTECTED TREES Common Name Botanical Name Black Mangrove Avicennia germinans No Known Common Name Acoelorrhaphe wrightii Almaciguillo Bursera inaguensis Gum Elemi, Gumbo Limbo, Bursera simaruba Gammalamme, Tourist Tree, West Indian Birch Silk Cotton Tree Ceiba pentandra Cascarilla, Sweetwood Bark, Croton eleuteria Eleuthera Bark Sliver Thatch Palm, Silver Top Palm Coccothrinax argentata Buttonwood Conocarpus erectus Cinnamon Bark, Wild Cinnamon, Canella winterana White Wood Bark, Pepper Cinnamon, Caneel Bahama Brasiletto Caesalpinia bahamensis Brasilletto Caesalpinia vesicaria Beef Wood, Pigeon Berry, Guapira discolor Small Leaved Blolly Spiciform Milk Pea Galactia spiciformis Lignum Vitae Guaiacum officinale Lignum Vitae Guaiacum sanctum Bahama Hibiscus Hibiscus clypeatus Wild Potato Ipomoea microdactyla Railroad Vine, Goats Foot, Ipomoea pes-caprae Page - 5 Bay Hops, Bay Winders Joe wood, Joe Bush, Iron Wood, Jacquinia keyensis Wash Wood, Cudjoe Wood Bermuda Cedar Juniperus bermudiana Red Cedar Juniperus barbadensis Thatch Palm, Buffalo Top Palm Leucothrinax morrisii White Mangrove Laguncularia racemosa Horse Flesh, Horse Flesh Mahogany Lysiloma sabicu Wild Tamarind Lysiloma latisiliquum Sarah’s Toes, Horse Bush Peltophorum adnatum Buccaneer Palm, Hog Palmetto, Pseudophoenix sargentii Hog Cabbage Palm No Known Common Name Pilocereus bahamensis Bahamian Pine, Caribbean Pine, Pine Pinus caribaea var. bahamensis Black Ebony Pera bumelifolia Low Butterwort, Small Butterwort Pinguicula pumila Smooth Rauvolfia, Bitter Bush, Rauvolgia nitida Milk Bush Red Mangrove Rhizophora mangle Sabal Palm Sabal palmetto Mahogany Swietenia mahagoni Black Ink Berry, Black Soap, Mad Moll Scaevola plumieri Stinking Pea, Bahamas Senna Senna chapmanii Bahamian Buttercup, Buttercups, Turnera ulmifolia Yellow Alder No Known Common Name Thrinax radiata Cone Spur Bladderwort Utricularia gibba Sea Oats Uniola paniculata Made this 16th day of February, 2021. Signed ROMAULD FERREIRA Minister Responsible for Forestry Page - 6