In theory there may be up to 35 palm species in the Caribbean area of the Municipio de Livingston, Izabal, Guatemala. Our field trips will seek to find and accomplish high resolution photography of as many palm species as possible. So far we have found the easy ones: escoba palm (fronds used to make brooms), tasiste that like lots of water nearby (here called pimientillo), bayal (palm that's a spiny vine), and thousands of corozo palm. Lots of kala which looks identical to a small guano palm; but kala is neither a palm nor even related.
We will be publishing our finds month by month.
Posted Mar. 11, 2020
