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Variety of trees we plant

avocado

Cinnamomum hammelianum

Importance: Fruits for quetzals and other birds. timber

avocado

Nectandra sp           _cc781905-5cde -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_   Ocotea sp

Importance: Food for the quetzal and others, timber, ornamental foliage

Orange blossom - Copey

clusia rosea

Importance: Bird food, ornamental foliage

deer chub

Oreopanax xalapensis

Importance:  Fruits for birds. Melliferous

Cedrillo

Brunellia costaricensis

Importance: Timber tree, fast-growing, bird food, ornamental foliage

sweet cedar

Cedrela tonduzii C. DC.

Importance:  Melliferous, valued wood

Chilemuelo

Drymis granadensis

Importance:  Live fence, bird feed, ornamental foliage, medicinal and gastronomic uses

sparky

Forestiera cartaginensis Donn. YE.

Importance:  Flowers attract insects, fruits for birds

cocoron

Billia hippocastanum Peyr

Importance:  Red, showy flowers, fruits for rodents

Cocoron - Cockroach

billia rosea

Importance:  Tree up to 35 m, abundant and showy flowering, fruits as food for mammals

Coquito

Myrcianthes fragrans Sw. McVaugh

Importance:  Flowers attract insects, fruits for birds

Coquito Maria

Calyptranthes pittieri Standl.

Importance:  Large tree (20), windbreak foliage, ornamental foliage and trunk, animal feed.

Lady

Citharexylum donnell-smithii Greenm.

Importance:  Honey species, fruits for birds

tapir

Roupala glaberrima Pittier

Importance:  Flowers attract insects, fruits for birds

Peach

Rhamnus sp.

Importance:  Fruits for birds

Peach

Prunus annularis Koehne

Importance:  Fruits for birds. Melliferous

Peach

Frangula capreifolia

Importance:  Tree up to 15m, rapid growth, food for birds

oak

Quercus seemannii Liebm.

Importance:  Fruits for rodents and pigeons. timber

Espino

Hyeronima oblonga (Tul.) Mull. arg.

Importance:  Fruits for birds

Espino

hyeronima poasana

Importance:  Tree up to 40m, timber, food for fauna

Macaw

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Importance: 

Guayabillo

Myrcianthes storkii Standl McVaugh

Importance:  Tree up to 15m, protective foliage against the wind, ornamental foliage and trunk, food for animals.

Fig tree

Schefflera rodriguesiana Frodin

Importance:  Fruits for birds

fig trees

Schefflera sp.

Importance:  Bird food, fast growing, ornamental foliage

smell night

Citharexylum caudatum L.

Importance:  Honey species, fruits for birds

I cry

Cornus disciflora DC.

Importance:  Flowers attract insects, fruits for birds. timber

Magnolia

Magnolia poasana (Pittier) Dandy

Importance:  Very beautiful flowers. Seed aril liked by birds. timber

Murta

Eugenia monticola (Sw.) DC.

Importance:  Fruits for birds

maybe

Ocotea floribunda (Sw.) Mez

Importance:  Fruit very liked by the quetzal. Melliferous. timber

Quizirru

Styrax argenteum C. Presl

Importance:  Fruits for birds

White Oak

Quercus copeyensis

Importance:  Fruits for rodents. timber

oak oak

Quercus bumelioides

Importance:  Tree up to 40m, timber, cultural value

black oak

Quercus salicifolia

Importance:  Tree up to 40m, timber, cultural value

Sawmill

Freziera candicans Tulle.

Importance:  Fruits for birds

Sura

Viburnum costaricensis (Oerst.) Hemsl.

Importance:  Flowers attract insects, fruits for birds

Tucuico

Ardissia compressa    Ardissia palmana

Importance:  Tree of maximum 10 m, striking flowering and fruiting, food for birds and others.

water rod

Hedyosmum mexicanum

Importance:  Flower with great ornamental potential, food for fauna

yos big leaf

Sapium pachystachis K. Schum. & Pittier

Importance:  Fruits for birds

yos small leaf

Sapium rigidifolium Huft

Importance:  Fruits for birds

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