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New Tree Book and Field Guide for Panama
Here’s the book I wish I had seven years ago when I tried to identify my first tree in Panama. It would have saved a lot of time. But it wasn’t published until this year. I just got my own … Continue reading
Posted in Reference
Tagged Achariaceae, Botany, Costa Rica, Field guide, Flacourtiaceae, Panama, Roger Tory Peterson, tree
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Peltastes, the Shield Liana
About this time last year, there was this flower on the ground. When I looked straight up to see where it came from, all I could see were the leaves and green fruits of a nance tree. I looked down … Continue reading
Posted in Apocynaceae
Tagged Botany, carpel, Flower, Leaf, Leaf shape, liana, Missouri Botanical Garden, opposite leaves, Peltastes isthmicus, simple leaves
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Endozoochory
When I was reading up on the myrtles and especially on Myrcia splendens, I found that the seeds were said to be dispersed by endozoochory. I did not mention this in the earlier post because I needed to do a … Continue reading
The Gall of It
There’s a tree in the gully near our orchard. Last February, when several plants of the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) were in bloom with their small white flowers and many stamens, this tree, too, was in bloom with its small white … Continue reading