Palo Seco Forest Reserve
Palo Seco Forest Reserve (Bosque Protector Palo Seco), is a rainforest preserve in Panama in Bocas del Toro Province.[1] The reserve was created in 1983 to be a conservation corridor linking Fortuna Forest Reserve and La Amistad International Park, and has an estimated area of 167.410 hectares.[2]
Popular with tree climbers, it includes nutmeg, and ceiba. The area is home to tarantulas and eyelash vipers.[3] Palo Seco means dry stick.[4]
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- ^ "Palo Seco Protection Forest". Bird Life International. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ "Palo Seco Protector Forest". Boca del Toro Tourism. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ Panama Sarah Woods page 285
- ^ Palo Seco Coins of Panama
Categories:
- Protected areas of Panama
- Tropical rainforests
- Forests of Panama
- Bocas del Toro Province