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El Parterre is a landscaped park in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, that was built in 1851.The park encloses the Ojo de Agua (lit. ' water eye ', Spanish for 'spring' or 'water source'), also referred to as Manantial Ojo de Agua, [2] a natural spring which was a source of water for Spanish soldiers, and the source of a small rivulet locally called Chico River ('little river') which empties into the ...
The forest is home to wildlife that include endangered species such as the Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus brunnescens), the Puerto Rican boa (Chilabothrus inornatus), and a captive population of critically endangered Puerto Rican parrots (Amazona vittata). Captive parrots are slowly being released into Rio Abajo in an attempt ...
A man selling bundles of Quenepas in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Melicoccus bijugatus is native to northern South America and naturalised in coastal and dry forest in Central America, the Caribbean and parts of the Old World tropics. [5] It is believed to have been introduced into the Caribbean in pre-Columbian times and is also found in India. [6]
Lepanthes caritensis Tremblay & Ackerman [7] (eastern Puerto Rico) Lepanthes dodiana Stimson (eastern Puerto Rico) Lepanthes eltoroensis Stimson – Luquillo Mountain babyboot orchid [8] (Luquillo Mountains) Lepanthes rubripetala Stimson (Cayey Mts, Luquillo Mts.) Lepanthes rupestris Stimson; Lepanthes selenitepala Rchb.f. Lepanthes ...
The first protected forests in Puerto Rico were designated not for their ecological value but for their industrial timber utility in the form of Spanish Crown Lands under the Inspección de Montes, the equivalent of the Spanish Colonial Forest service. El Yunque, for example, was the first forested area to receive this designation in Puerto ...
Lesser Puerto Rican agouti (Heteropsomys insulans) Puerto Rican nesophontes (Nesophontes edithae) - The Puerto Rican nesophontes became extinct approximately in the early 16th century. Corozal rat (Puertoricomys corozalus) Puerto Rican parakeet, Mauge's parakeet (Psittacara chloroptera maugei syn. Psittacara maugei) Puerto Rican barn owl (Tyto ...
Guajataca Lake, or Lago Guajataca, is a reservoir of the Guajataca River created by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority in 1929. It is located between the municipalities of San Sebastián, Quebradillas, and Isabela in Puerto Rico, [3] [4] and receives most of its water from the Rio Guajataca and Rio Chiquito de Cibao rivers.
The river also carries the name and the subsequent reservoir, Lago Guajataca, built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers with a dam owned by the Puerto Rico Electrical Authority. Many schools, businesses, and organizations, including a parador, Guajataka Scout Reservation , and kayak excursion company are named for the area as well.