The flora and fauna of Michoacán It is represented by species such as the devil's palm, the red dahlia, the yellow picogordo and the Pátzcuaro acocil, among others. Michoacán is a state of Mexico, which is located in the center-west of the country. Its capital is the city of Morelia.
Geographically, two large mountain ranges can be distinguished: the Sierra Madre del Sur and the Sierra Volcánica Transversal. This region is geographically traversed by the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, the Sierra Madre and the inter-mountain valleys..
The weather is varied. On the coast, the average temperature is 28 ° C, while in the center it is 22 ° C. In higher altitude areas, these reach freezing point.
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The devil's palm is a species of cycad that belongs to the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to Mexico, thus being found in the states of Guerrero, Durango, Michoacán, Jalisco and Nayarit. This plant is usually found in pine-oak and oak forests.
The stem is cylindrical, growing erect approximately up to 1 meter in height. However, in old species, some trunks more than 2 meters high could be found..
The leaves are numerous, flat and bright green. They are 1.5 to 2 meters long. The emergent ones are tomentose, brown in color. These become glabrous when they are adults, except for the underside of the leaflets and the rachis..
Each leaf of the comb, as this species is also called, has about 93 to 104 lanceolate leaflets, inserted at right angles to the rachis. Those found at the base are usually reduced to thorns.
As for the seed cones, they are ovoid in shape and light brown or white in color. They are between 20 and 30 centimeters long and 15 to 20 centimeters wide.
This plant is part of the Asteraceae family. It is native to Guatemala and Mexico, however, for its showy flowers, it is cultivated almost all over the world..
Dahlia coccinea It is a herbaceous species, which can be up to 3 meters high. In addition, it is perennial, with tuberculous roots. The stems grow erect and can be green. Likewise, they are striated and glabrous or they could also be sparsely hairy.
In relation to the leaves, these are compound, with serrated margins. The length could be up to 35 centimeters long. The inflorescence is inclined or erect, occurring in large capitula, with 8 orange, red or yellowish ligules..
Each head has 70 to 160 hermaphrodite flowers, about 1 centimeter long. As for the fruit, it is a black achene, measuring 0.8 to 1.3 centimeter long..
The chalihuesca, as this species is also known, is a ruderal plant that prefers sunny spaces. Due to this, it can colonize, in an opportunistic way, the disturbed areas of the areas where it inhabits.
In addition to being cultivated for ornamental purposes, the red dahlia is attributed various medicinal uses. In the field of traditional medicine it is used to combat cold sores, colic and cough. During pre-Hispanic times, tubers were consumed in Mexico, due to their high nutritional value.
This elongated palm is endemic to Mexico, thus inhabiting the states of Guanajuato, Campeche, Guerrero, Nayarit and Michoacán. It is located in pine-oak forests, palm groves and in the low deciduous forest.
The plant could be around 15 meters tall. It has a smooth, gray trunk, 15 to 35 centimeters in diameter. The leaves, 15 to 20 in number, are green, with a long petiole. This penetrates, to a lesser or greater degree, into the leaf blade, thus causing it to fold back on itself..
As for the inflorescence, it is arched with 3 orders of branching. The bracts are glabrous and have approximately 6 to 7 flowers per centimeter.
The flowers are 4.4 to 6.7 millimeters in length. They have a dome-shaped calyx or it could also be urceolate. The petals are obovate and membranous, with a length of 1.8 to 2.7 millimeters.
The fruit of the round palm, as the Sabal pumos, it is spheroidal, thus being wider than it is long. It is green or dark brown in color, with an adherent-type pericarp.
This bird is one of the largest in the Cardinalidae family. It lives in Guatemala and Mexico.
The yellowbill's eyes are dark and the legs are gray. As for the beak, it is large, strong and triangular in shape. It is black or dark gray in color, being more subdued on the lower jaw.
The plumage presents strong contrasts of white, yellow, black or gray. The lower areas, the head and the rump are yellow, while the rear is black, with yellow spots.
In relation to the tail and wings, they are black with noticeable white spots. The upper caudal covers are also black, but have white tips.
Females are similar to males, however the upper area is darker and they have dark lines on the back and crown. In addition, in these, gray replaces the black color.
This decapod crustacean is part of the infraorder Astacidea. It is endemic to Mexico, coming from Lake Pátzcuaro, located in the state of Michoacán. This lake is volcanic, being 2000 meters high, with a temperature that varies between 15 and 25 ° C.
In nature, the Cambarellus patzcuarensis It is gray-brown in color, being more intense and darker after the molt. The kind of orange hue (Cambarellus patzcuarensis var. orange) is achieved through genetic selection.
Females are up to 40 millimeters long, while males are smaller, measuring around 30 millimeters..
Males have, in the first pair of the abdominal appendix, rigid structures ending in pincers. They use them, among other things, to turn the female during copulation. On the other hand, in females these pleopods are flexible.
The body of the Pátzcuaro acocil has a cylindrical shape, widened at the head. It is divided into two parts, the abdomen and the cephalothorax. This species is omnivorous. Its diet is based on detritus and small invertebrates and vertebrates found in the muddy bottom where it lives..
The red warbler is a passerine bird that belongs to the Parulidae family. Its habitat is the understory shrubs, in the middle or low levels.
The weight of this animal ranges between 7.6 and 8.7 grams, having an approximate length of 13.5 centimeters. The adult bird is red, with an ear spot, on both sides of the head, white or dark gray. The tail and the wings are of a darker red, being bordered in a red-pink tone.
The legs are reddish brown, while the beak, which is thin, is gray-pink, with a dark tip. The iris can be black or dark brown.
Regarding the coat, it presents little variation between the male and the female. However, this usually has the colors a little more opaque or with more orange tones. The Cardellina rubra molting adult once the breeding season is over, which could be from August.
This species emits various vocalizations. Their songs can only be heard in the morning hours, in the mating season. It is an insectivorous animal, which does not have the bodily adaptations to climb trees.
However, it can climb regularly, with the intention of hunting the insects that are in the bark and in the branches..
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