The south section of the Sabana Seca Navy base possesses
areas of great natural beauty. These include limestone hills (mogotes),
sinkholes, valleys, and wetlands. This project combines recreation, education
and conservation needs by establishing an arboretum near the base of a mogote.
In the arboretum, we planted 42 native plant species. In addition, we designed
and installed interpretive stations for a trail that starts at the arboretum,
climbs up a mogote and passes through a valley and back to arboretum.
Species planted in the arboretum (click on the species for more
information)
Species
common name Species
common name
Acrocomia media
Corozo
Hymenaea courbaril Algarrobo
Aiphanes acantophylla Palma de coyor
Juglans jamaicensis Nogal
Andira inermis
Moca
Manilkara bidentata Ausubo
Anthurium sp.
Nido de ave Ouratea
striata
Ardisia obovata
Mameyuelo Petitia
domingensis Capá blanco
Bursera simaruba
Almácigo
Picramnia pentandra Guarema
Calopyllum callaba María
Pimenta racemosa
Malagueta
Calyptronoma rivalis Manaca
Piper aduncum
Casearia guianensis
Palo blanco Piptadenia
peregrina Cojóbana
Cedrela odorata
Cedro hembra Polygala
cowellii
Palo de Violeta
Ceiba pentandra
Ceiba
Prunus occidentalis
Almendrón
Citharexylum fruticosum Péndula
Psychotria berteriana
Clusia rosea
Cupey
Roystonea borinquena Palma real
Coccoloba pubescens Moralón
Stahlia monosperma Cobana negra
Eugenia biflora
Hoja menuda Tabebuia
heterophyla Roble nativo
Eugenia monticola
Hoja menuda Tetrazygia
elaegnoides Cenizo
Gaussia attenuata
Llume
Thespesia grandiflora Maga
Guapira fragans
Corcho
Thouinia striata
Ceboruquillo
Guarea guidonia
Guaraguao Zamia
debilis
Marunguey
Hura crepitans
Molinillo
Zanthoxylum flavum
Aceitillo
Hyeronima clusioides Cedro
macho
Topics of the interpretive stations (click on a station for more details)
Introduction
to karst ecosystems
Hurricane damage and recovery
Puerto Rican Boa
Palms
Geology and fossils
Birds
Vegetation in hurricane
disturbed area
Water resources
Land snails
Vegetation
on mogote top
Soils
Bats
Vegetation
on protected slope
Land use history
Vines
and lianas
Introduced plant and animal species
Archeology and Ameridan relics
Poisonous
plants Restoration ecology
Lizards and frogs
Epiphytes
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