Costa Rican native plants

[Thylaco]

I imagine that Frontier has done a fair bit of research themselves on Costa Rican flora, but I just thought it might be interesting to show off the natives I've found (in fact there's a chance that some of these are already in the game, as part of the normal forest).

Drier looking plants (Tropical Dry forest does exist in Costa Rica, though I don't know if any of these are found in it. These plants are all also native to Mexico, though there is Rainforest there too.)

Spineless Yucca (Yucca gigantea)

Calabash tree (Crescentia cujete)

Bullhorn Acacia (Vachellia cornigera)

Mexican Jumping Bean (Sebastiania pavoniana)

Modern relatives of typical Mesozoic plants

Magnolia poasana

Zamia fairchildiana (Cycad)

Podocarpus oleifolius

Cyathea delgadii (Tree Fern)

Southern Giant Horsetail (Equisetum giganteum)

Relatives of Temperate North Hemisphere plants

Quercus costaricensis (Oak)

Mexican Elm (Ulmus mexicana)

Colourful trees

Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)

Jacaranda caucana

Erythrina costaricensis (Coral tree)

 

[BladeofBloodclan]

The red mangrove would be an interesting addition if they ever expanded upon what the "Wetland" Requirement truly meant

 

[Alan_Grady]

I imagine that Frontier has done a fair bit of research themselves on Costa Rican flora

Why do you imagine that I can't even begin to understand considering how little the few flora tools ingame look similar to any Costa Rican actual flora...

It would be interesting if they did, though.

 

[Thylaco]

Why do you imagine that I can't even begin to understand considering how little the few flora tools ingame look similar to any Costa Rican actual flora...

I suppose, the main concern is screen accuracy I guess, so it's mostly going to be Hawaiian. They put in the Guanacaste, so I assumed there was more to it.