SELECTED WILD
of Chiapas, Mexico
EXCERPTS FROM JIM'S NATURALIST NOTES:
WOODY SPECIES:
- Acacia, Maya Bull's Horn (Acacia mayana)
- Alvaradoa (Alvaradoa amorphoides)
- Anona (Annona cherimoya)
- Aristolochia
- Avocado
- Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica)
- Bocconia
- Brake Fern, Elephantleaf (Pteris grandifolia)
- Brasil (Haematoxylum brasiletto)
- Brazilian Fern Tree (Schizolobium parahyba)
- Calliandra, The Beautiful-Stamen Bush
- Canna, Wild (Canna indica)
- Capulín (Muntingia calabura)
- Cecropias
- Cedro (Cedrela odorata)
- Chiggery Grapes (Tournefortia hirsutissima)
- Clematis
- Cowfoot (Bauhinia sp.)
- Cydista Trumpet-Vine (Cydista potosina)
- Coyol (Acrocomia mexicana)
- Dogwood (Cornus disciflora)
- Flor de Cacao (Quararibea funebris)
- Hophornbeam, Guatemalan (Ostrya virginiana ssp. guatemalensis)
- Horse Balls Tree (Stemmadenia donnell-smithii)
- Magnolias, Endangered
- Mimosa (Inga alba)
- Mistletoe, Tropical (Struthanthus orbicularis)
- Oak, Low, in Pine-Oak-Sweetgum (Q. candicans)
- Ocote (Pine firewood)
- Oreopanax
- Palm, Corozo/ Cohune (Attalea cohune)
- Palm, Pacaya (Chamaedorea tepejilote)
- Palo de Sangre (Croton drago)
- Pepper, Rough-leafed (Piper amalago)
- Pepper Trees
- Pica-Pica (Mucuna argyrophylla)
- Podocarpus (Podocarpus matudai)
- Ramón (Brosimum alicastrum)
- Rinorea guatemalensis
- Sapotes
- Sennas
- Soapberry (Sapindus saponaria)
- Strangler Figs
- Sweetgums (Liquidambar styraciflua)
- Tabebuia (Tabebuia rosea)
- Trumpet Flower, White (Stizophyllum riparium)
- Yellow Jacobinia (Justicia aurea)
HERBACEOUS SPECIES:
