Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The categorisation scheme follows the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, in which Costa Rica is as politically defined, except that Cocos Island is treated separately. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flora of Costa Rica .
The wildlife of Costa Rica comprises all naturally occurring animals, fungi and plants that reside in this Central American country. Costa Rica supports an enormous variety of wildlife, due in large part to its geographic position between North and South America, its neotropical climate, and its wide variety of habitats.
It is native to Costa Rica; from Chiapas to every country in Central America. [1] Its range extends from the borders Southern Mexico to Costa Rica, a country in which it is the national flower. [2] It was referenced as Cattleya skinneri as the earlier name by James Bateman in 1839.
Dracaena americana, the Central American dragon tree or candlewood, [4] is a neotropical tree in the genus Dracaena, native to southern Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Honduras, Belize, Costa Rica, and Colombia. [5] It is one of only two Dracaena species native to the Americas, the other being Dracaena cubensis. [6]
It is the national tree of Costa Rica. In North America, it is often called elephant-ear tree, due to the shape of the seedpods. Other common names include devil's ear and earpod tree, parota, and orejón (Spanish) or'huanacaxtle . In El Salvador, it is known as conacaste. [3] In the Yucatán peninsula, it is known by the Mayan name, pich.
Peltogyne purpurea is native to the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama, and also the Atlantic coast of Colombia. [3] [4] It is a common canopy tree in rainforests 50–500 meters above sea level at sites with more than 2500 mm (98.5 in) rainfall per year and temperatures from 23 to 27 °C or 73 to 80 °F. It occupies sites with well-drained ...
It inhabits dry forests in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras Panama, Venezuela, and Colombia. [2] Pochotes bear large, stubby thorns on their trunk and branches and are often planted as living fenceposts with barbed wire strung between them. These thorns are also often used to make small house-like sculptures that are believed to bring protection ...
The Spanish name roble de sabana, meaning "savannah oak", is widely used in Costa Rica, probably because it often remains in heavily deforested areas and because of the resemblance of its wood to that of oak trees. [3] It is the national tree of El Salvador, where it is called "Maquilíshuat".