The Puerto Rico Excursion, January 2010
Day 4
The Other Side of the Mountain
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The snail Gaeotis nigrolineata Shuttleworth on the wall surrounding the propane tanks at the apartment; it’s 37 mm long A minuscule mantid (only 8 mm long) Another tree snail:
Nenia tridens (Schweigger)		 This morning’s lizard And a green anolis
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The view as we set out to the other side of the mountain This vine, Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth, was quite common An Impatiens sp. at Yokahú Tower Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe, the cream gardland-lily Odontonema cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze
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A view to El Yunque Peak from the Yokahú Tower The view of Luquillo from the Yokahú Tower Yokahú Tower We are about to start out on La Mina Trail; Marissa was fairly out of sorts by today A cluster of mushrooms early on the trail
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Other images I have seen identify this as Selaginella flabellata (L.) Spring.
The only problem is that authoritative works do not list this species as part of the Puerto Rico flora.		 A small waterfall a few hundred meters before La Mina Falls La Mina Falls is a very popular spot for tourists and locals Can you find our group on the bridge over the stream? El Yunque Forest, as seen from the trail.
In the foreground are a couple of Cyathea arborea (L.) Sm.
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Samantha standing by bamboo We did not see any mongooses   As yet unidentified (by me) flower, with some Solenostemon scutellarioides (L.) Codd in the background Despite Samantha’s desire to find one, Jesus & Rose posing was the closest we got to el Chupacabra
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