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Wildlife Spotting

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

small tree, trunk covered in thorns.

Habitat:

urban, forest

Notes:

Spotted this tree on top of Pao De Acucar in Rio. In hindsight, I should have took some photos of the leaves to help with ID. Maybe a species of Ceiba?

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
Dan Doucette
My spotting seems to have much more spines than Ceiba and B. quinata, unless they look like this when they are very young. I'm not sure.
ceherzog
That's good because the leaves don't look like Ceiba....maybe Ceiba it is.
Dan Doucette
I was thinking the same tree too but no, the leaves showing aren't the tree. There is forest around the peak of Pao De Acucar and it's very dense.
ceherzog
Could it be Ceiba speciosa> Are the leaves showing in the pics the leaves on the tree?

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PublishedMay 4, 2011

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