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Las Bocas Canyon
Las Bocas Canyon (Spanish: ''Cañón Las Bocas'') is a steep gorge formed by the Frío River (''Río Frío'') and numerous other creeks, primarily the Hondo River (''Río Hondo'') and the Grande Creek (''Quebrada Grande'') located in the Cordillera Central of Puerto Rico, between the municipalities of Barranquitas and Comerío. The canyon is notable for its untouched forests and the large population of kapok (''Ceiba pentandra''). The canyon, along with San Cristóbal Canyon, its larger southern neighbor, form part of the La Plata River basin. Protection The canyon is protected as Las Bocas Canyon Protected Natural Area and Nature Reserve (''Área Natural Protegida y Reserva Natural Cañón Las Bocas''), a 1,170.98-acre (1,205.68 cuerdas) tract of land created through the Las Bocas Canyon Natural Reserve Committee (''Comité Pro Reserva Natural Cañón Las Bocas'') across the Quebradillas and Quebrada Grande barrios of Barranquitas and the Río Hondo and Palomas barrios of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rican Spanish
Puerto Rican Spanish (''español puertorriqueño'' ) is the variety (linguistics), variety of the Spanish language as characteristically spoken in Puerto Rico and by millions of people of Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican descent living in the United States and elsewhere. It belongs to the group of Caribbean Spanish variants and, as such, is largely derived from Canarian Spanish and Andalusian Spanish. Outside of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rican accent of Spanish is also commonly heard in the United States Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands and many US mainland cities like Orlando, Florida, Orlando, New York City, Philadelphia, Miami, Tampa, Florida, Tampa, Boston, Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland, and Chicago, among others. However, not all stateside Puerto Ricans have knowledge of Spanish. Opposite to island-born Puerto Ricans who primarily speak Spanish, many stateside-born Puerto Ricans primarily speak English, although many stateside Puerto-Ricans are fluent in Spanish and English, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is an environmental organization with chapters in all 50 United States, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico. The club was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by Scottish-American preservationist John Muir, who became the first president as well as the longest-serving president, at approximately 20 years in this leadership position. The Sierra Club operates only in the United States and holds the legal status of 501(c)(4) nonprofit social welfare organization. Sierra Club Canada is a separate entity. Traditionally associated with the progressive movement, the club was one of the first large-scale environmental preservation organizations in the world, and currently engages in lobbying politicians to promote environmentalist policies. Recent focuses of the club include promoting sustainable energy and mitigating global warming, as well as opposition to the use of coal, hydropower and nuclear power. The club is known for its political endorsements, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Protected Areas Of Puerto Rico
The protected areas of Puerto Rico include an array of natural areas in the archipelago of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, managed by a number of agencies and entities belonging to both federal and commonwealth government bodies. Although Puerto Rico has no natural units in the National Park System, the biodiversity of the island is recognized and protected through a national forest, a national wildlife refuge, a national wilderness, and numerous state parks (often called ''national parks'' in Puerto Rico), nature reserves, state forests, wildlife preserves and other designations on state, municipal and public-private administration levels. Federal level National Estuarine Research Reserves * Jobos Bay National Forests * El Yunque National Natural Landmarks * Baño de Oro Natural Area * Cabo Rojo * Mona and Monito Islands * Puerto Mosquito * Río Abajo State Forest National Wild and Scenic Rivers * Icacos * La Mina * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geology Of Puerto Rico
The Geology of Puerto Rico "can be divided into three major geologic provinces: The Cordillera Central, the Carbonate, and the Coastal Lowlands." Puerto Rico is composed of Jurassic to Eocene volcanic and plutonic rocks, which are overlain by younger Oligocene to recent carbonates and other sedimentary rocks. Most of the caverns and karst topography on the island occurs in the northern Oligocene to recent carbonates. The oldest rocks are approximately 190 million years old (Jurassic) and are located at Sierra Bermeja in the southwest part of the island. These rocks may represent part of the oceanic crust and are believed to come from the Pacific Ocean realm. During the Carboniferous period, Puerto Rico was submerged. Puerto Rico lies at the boundary between the Caribbean and North American plates. This means that it is currently being deformed by the tectonic stresses caused by the interaction of these plates. These stresses may cause earthquakes and tsunamis. These seismic ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geography Of Puerto Rico
The geography of Puerto Rico consists of an archipelago located between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of the Dominican Republic or Hispaniola, west of the Virgin Islands and north of Venezuela. The main island of Puerto Rico is the smallest and most eastern of the Greater Antilles. With an area of , it is the third largest island in the United States and the 82nd largest island in the world. Various smaller islands and cays, including Vieques, Culebra, Mona, Desecheo, and Caja de Muertos comprise the remainder of the archipelago with only Culebra and Vieques being inhabited year-round. Mona is uninhabited through large parts of the year except for employees of the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources. The mainland measures some by , larger than the state of Rhode Island but smaller than Connecticut. It is mostly mountainous with large coastal areas in the north and south regions of the island. Some popular beaches on the north-west side of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignelater Luminosus
''Ignelater luminosus'', known as the cucubano, is a species of click beetle native to the island of Puerto Rico. Cucubanos are often confused with fireflies, which are in a different family (Lampyridae), as they can also emit light from the thorax. Their paired prothorax light organs and single light organ on the anterior surface of the abdomen gives the appearance of two "headlights" and one "backlight", which it can turn off independently. Because light pollution interferes with their reproduction, they prefer rural areas without much development.. Prof. of EntomologyPurdue University Retrieved April 29, 2011. Locations known to be its habitat are the rural areas and outskirts of the city of Adjuntas, located in the mountains. They average about in length. A Puerto Rican firefly is called a cucullo The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bioluminescent Fungus Species
] Found largely in temperate and tropical climates, currently there are more than 112 known species of bioluminescent fungi, all of which are members of the order Agaricales (Basidiomycota) with one exceptional ascomycete belonging to the order Xylariales. All known bioluminescent Agaricales are mushroom-forming, white-spored agarics that belong to four distinct evolutionary lineages. The Omphalotus lineage (comprising the genera ''Omphalotus'' and ''Neonothopanus'') contains 12 species, the ''Armillaria'' lineage has 10 known species, while the Mycenoid lineage ('' Favolachia, Mycena'', ''Panellus'', '' Prunulus'', '' Roridomyces'') has more than 50 species. The recently discovered Lucentipes lineage contains two species, ''Mycena lucentipes'' and '' Gerronema viridilucens'', which belong to a family that has not yet been formally named. ''Armillaria mellea'' is the most widely distributed of the luminescent fungi, found across Asia, Europe, North America, and South Africa. Biol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecropia Peltata
''Cecropia peltata'' is a fast-growing tree in the genus ''Cecropia''. Common names include trumpet tree, trumpet-bush, bacano and snakewood. It is listed as one of the world's 100 worst invasive alien species. Description ''Cecropia peltata'' is a fast-growing tree, normally reaching , but occasionally growing up to tall. The leaves are large – in length and width, but more commonly about 20 × and palmately divided into 7–11 (but generally 8–10) lobed. The upper surfaces of the leaves are scaled, while the lower surfaces are covered with minute hair, interspersed with longer ones. The petioles are generally long, while the branches are green and covered with short, stiff hairs. Like other members of the genus, ''C. peltata'' is dioecious – there are separate male and female plants. Male flowers, which are long, are borne in spikes long. The male inflorescence is enclosed in a spathe which splits open and drops off once the anthers mature. The female flowers are b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didymopanax Morototoni
''Schefflera morototoni'' (yagrumo macho; syn. ''Didymopanax morototoni'' ( Aubl.) Decne. & Planch., ''Didymopanax morototoni'' var. ''angustipetalum'' March; ''Panax morototoni'' Aublet; ''Sciadophyllum paniculatum'' Britton ) is a timber tree native to southern Mexico, the Greater Antilles, Central America, and South America. It grows in a variety of habitats, such as the Caatinga, Cerrado, and Amazon Rainforest of Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... References External links''Schefflera morototoni'' morototoni Trees of Mexico Trees of South America Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Araliaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erythrina Fusca
''Erythrina fusca'' is a species of flowering tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is known by many common names, including purple coraltree, gallito, bois immortelle, bucayo, and the more ambiguous "bucare" and "coral bean". ''E. fusca'' has the widest distribution of any ''Erythrina'' species; it is the only one found in both the New and Old World. It grows on coasts and along rivers in tropical Asia, Oceania, the Mascarene Islands, Madagascar, Africa, and the Neotropics. The easy-to-grow and attractive flowering tree is cultivated as an ornamental shade and hedge plant. It is a common shade tree in cacao plantations. It attracts hummingbirds, which pollinate its flowers. ''E. fusca'' is the official flower of the Venezuelan state of Trujillo. Description ''E. fusca'' is a deciduous tree with spiny bark and light orange flowers. Its legume pods reach in length and contain dark brown seeds. The seeds are buoyant, allowing them disperse across oceans. The tree is h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andira Inermis
''Andira inermis'' is a nitrogen-fixing tree native to the area from southern Mexico through Central America to northern South America (Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil); it has been introduced to the Caribbean, the Antilles, Florida, and Africa. The tree has many names due to its wide distribution and multiple uses: it is also known as the cabbage bark (in Belize), almendro macho (in El Salvador), almendro de río or river almond ( Honduras), bastard cabbage tree, cabbage angelin (United States), cabbage bark (United States), cabbage tree, carne asada ( Costa Rica), guacamayo ( Honduras), Jamaica cabbage tree, harino (Panama), moca (Puerto Rico), partridge wood (United States), worm bark, or yellow cabbage tree. The tree grows to approximately 35 metres in height and 0.7 metre in diameter. It is evergreen and unbuttressed and has a dense crown and pink flowers. It grows primarily in riparian zones in forests along rivers. It can also be found in drier areas, including roadsides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
