Gogorrón National Park is protected natural area in the state

San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. The size of the protected area is 250 km². The park is surrounded by the elevations in the Sierras de Bernalejo and La Cuesta and the nearby Altamira River. The name of the area is coming from Hacienda El Gogorrón, who made this place a resort. On 22 September 1936 the area becomes a protected area and national park.

Flora and fauna

Flora

Representatives of species: Pinion ('' Pinus cembroides''), Pine (''

Pinus montezumae ''Pinus montezumae'', known as the Montezuma pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is native to Mexico and Central America, where it is known as ocote. The tree grows about 35 m high and 80 cm in diameter; occasion ...

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Quercus intricata ''Quercus intricata'', common name dwarf oak, intricate oak or Coahuila scrub oak, is a plant species native to northern Mexico and western Texas. Description ''Quercus intricata'' is an evergreen shrub that reproduces vegetatively, producing la ...

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Quercus polymorpha ''Quercus polymorpha'', the Mexican white oak, Monterrey oak or netleaf white oak, is a North American species of oak. It is widespread in Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, and known from a single population in the United States (about north of t ...

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Quercus rugosa ''Quercus rugosa'', commonly known as the netleaf oak, is a broad-leaved tree in the beech and oak family Fagaceae. It is native to southern North America. Description ''Quercus rugosa'' is an evergreen shrub or tree. The bark is brown and ...

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Quercus diversifolia ''Quercus diversifolia'' is an uncommon North American species of oak native to Mexico. It has been found in the states of Nuevo León, Durango, México State, México, and Puebla. ''Quercus diversifolia'' is a shrub or small tree tall. The lea ...

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Quercus potosina ''Quercus potosina'' is a species of oak. It is native to northern Mexico, from Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Durango, and Jalisco east as far as San Luis Potosí. It is placed in Quercus sect. Quercus, ''Quercus'' section ''Quercus''. Descript ...

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Opuntia ''Opuntia'', commonly called prickly pear or pear cactus, is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae. Prickly pears are also known as ''tuna'' (fruit), ''sabra'', ''nopal'' (paddle, plural ''nopales'') from the Nahuatl word f ...

'' spp.).

Fauna

Representatives of species: Black-tailed Rattlesnake ('' Crotalus molossus''), Wild Duck (''

Anas platyrhynchos The mallard () or wild duck (''Anas platyrhynchos'') is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argen ...

''), Tecolote pocero (''

Athene cunicularia The burrowing owl (''Athene cunicularia''), also called the shoco, is a small, long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America. Burrowing owls can be found in grasslands, rangelands, agricultural areas, deserts, or any ...

''), White-tailed deer (''

Odocoileus virginianus The white-tailed deer (''Odocoileus virginianus''), also known as the whitetail or Virginia deer, is a medium-sized deer native to North America, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia. It has also been introduced t ...

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References

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