Ridge forest
The north spur of Mt. Beaufort's WNW ridge (fig. 6, localities 7 & 8) was covered by dense pole forest on its western face and an open forest dominated by large emergent Gymnostoma sp. on its crest. The endemic Ficus glareosa together with F. pustulata, F. septica, F. variegata, F. sulcata were also found here. Rock was exposed in only a few places on the ridge's 35 degree slopes. Gaps, created by the natural fall of large trees, were occupied by many rattans. Only two large diameter trees, Dysoxylon sp. and a Payenna sp. were found. A Memecylon sp. was common, but there were no obvious differences in frequencies of the other c. 32 species recorded.
Epiphytes were uncommon. Many narrow diameter lianas such as Piper spp., Morinda sp. 1, Uncaria ferrea, Ampelocissus sp., Melodinus sp. and Urceola laevis, were present. Further details are given in table 5.
A large colony of Balanophora sp. was encountered at 300 m, though the host tree(s) was not identified. Large numbers of bees of several species visited the male inflorescences in the early morning to collect pollen, while butterflies were observed sipping nectar in the afternoon.
