Common canopy trees on property:
Alseis yucatanensis (Wild mammee)
Ampelocera Hottlei (Standl.) Standl. elm family
Aspidosperma cruenta (malady; good for poles, unusual circular papery seed)
Attalea cohune (palm)
Bactris Major (pokenoboy fruit)
Brosimum Alicastrum (breadnut)
Bursera simaruba (gumbo limbo)
Calocarpum Mammosum (Mammee apple)
Calophyllum brasiliense (santa maria)
Cedrela odorata (spanish cedar)
Ceiba Pantandra (kapok)
Clusia salvinii (gorila)
Cupania belizensis
Crysophila stauracantha (Silver Star Palm)
Dendropanax arboreus
Drypetes laterifolia (Guiana plum) Cueriduro
Drypetes brownei (male bullhorn)
Enterolobium cyclocarpum (guanacaste or elephant’s ear tree)
Ficus spp. (strangler fig)
Guadua (spiny bamboo)
Hirtella americana (pidgeon plum)
Lonchocarpus castillo (Manchiche )
Manilkara zapota (sapodilla)
Matayba oppositifolia (parrot food)
Metopium brownei (black poisonwood)
Neurolaena Lobata (Jackass Bitters)
Passiflora mayaum
Pimenta dioica (Allspice)
Pouteria reticulata (Zapotillo)
Protium copal (incense)
Pseudobombax ellipticum
Pseudolmedia sp. (cherry)
Sabal mauritiiformis
Schizolobium parahybum (quamwood)
Spondias mombin (java plum)
Stemmadenia donnell-smithii (horse balls)
Swietenia macrophilla (mahogany)
Talisia olivaeformis (fruit)
Trichillia minutiflora
Trophis racemosa (ramon fruit)
Wild Tamarind
Cantho Xylum (prickly yellow wood)
Zuleania guidonia
Understory:
Adiantum pulverulatum
Malaviscus aboreus
Piper jacqumontianum
Psychotria pubenscens
Pteris Longifolia
Tectaria heracleifolia
Ichnathus lanceolatus
Disturbed areas:
Costus Pulverulentus (ginger family, red flower)
Heliconia latispatha
Heliconia champneiana
Some typical (and less frequent) animals:
Deer, scarlet macaw, toucan, gibnut, tarantula, snake, jaguar, iguana, howler
monkeys, frogs, leaf-cutter ants, bats…