An Introduction to Cloud Forest Trees: Monteverde, Costa RicaThree Gringos while searching for gold in the mountains of Mexico get caught-up in an incrdible situation of greed and manipulation. The story, made into a movie directed by John Houston in 1948 starring Humphrey Bogart is a classic. Traven a German anarcharist who escaped from his homeland during World War I is considered one of the best, as well as mysterious, political fiction novelist of the 20th Century. A Colledtor's Edition. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
TECHNIQUES FOR OBSERVING COLLECTING | 25 |
TREE SPECIES DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOK | 163 |
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anthers Arecaceae arillate arillate seeds Atlantic slope attract axils bark bees Beilschmiedia berry birds brenesii calyx capsules Casearia Cecropia Cedrela cloud forest Clusia cm Description cm long cm Willowy Comments common Conostegia corolla Cosmibuena Costa Rica costaricensis dehisce dioecious Donn drupe eaten edible elliptic epiphytes Fabaceae Ficus fleshy forest edge fragrant fruits glabrous green GROUP Guarea Habitat and Phenology inflorescences Kunth large canopy tree Lauraceae leaflets light gaps lobes mammals margin mature forest Melastomataceae Meliaceae Meliosma Monteverde monteverdensis Moraceae moths Myrtaceae nectar glands occur Ocotea odor orange Pacific slope pastures petals petiole pinnate Pittier plant poasana pollinated pubescent rachis ridges rind round Rubiaceae Sapium Similar species small white FLOWERS spikes stamens Standl stem stipules Styphnolobium subcanopy tree teeth Ticodendron tiny toothed translucent dots tree species treelet Trema micrantha trunk twig tips understory veins venation wasps wet forest white latex widest wood yellow Zanthoxylum