{"id":11536,"date":"2011-01-20T21:54:47","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T05:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/11536"},"modified":"2011-01-20T21:54:47","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T05:54:47","slug":"more-plants-from-reserva-ecologica-costanera-sur-buenos-aires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/11536","title":{"rendered":"More Plants from Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur, Buenos Aires"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur (South Waterfront Ecological Reserve) in Buenos Aires includes a huge diversity of plant life, most of which is native to the area .\u00a0 Parkinsonia aculeata<\/em> (Mexican Palo Verde) is a glorious sight in flower .\u00a0 Ailanthus altissima<\/em> (Tree of Heaven) is an introduced species, so what is it doing here in Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur?\u00c2\u00a0 It is notable for its large clusters of red colored fruits which resemble maple seeds .\u00a0 I also took photos of two other flowering trees, the identification of which eludes me .\u00a0 The first appears to be a species of Acacia<\/em> with alternate twice-pinnately-compound leaves, thorns, and catkins of white flowers .\u00a0 Acacia greggii<\/em>, perhaps?\u00c2\u00a0 The second unidentified plant has nearly\u00c2\u00a0driven me nuts .\u00a0 All I can say was that I was impressed with this small\u00c2\u00a0tree with such large, distinctive, deeply-lobed leaves .\u00a0 This tree also bore cream-colored flowers, and globose fruits.<\/p>\n

\"Detail<\/a><\/p>\n

Detail\u00c2\u00a0of Parkinsonia aculeata<\/em> (Mexican Palo Verde)<\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Detail of Parkinsonia aculeata<\/em> (Mexican Palo Verde) (Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 04 Jan 2011.<\/p>\n

\"Habit<\/a><\/p>\n

Habit of Parkinsonia aculeata<\/em> (Mexican Palo Verde)<\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Habit of Parkinsonia aculeata<\/em> (Mexican Palo Verde) (Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 04 Jan 2011.<\/p>\n

\"Ailanthus<\/a><\/p>\n

Ailanthus altissima<\/em> (Tree of Heaven)<\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Ailanthus altissima<\/em> (Tree of Heaven) (Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 04 Jan 2011.<\/p>\n

\"Acacia<\/a><\/p>\n

Acacia <\/em>sp.<\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Acacia<\/em> sp .\u00a0(Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 04 Jan 2011.<\/p>\n

\"Unknown<\/a><\/p>\n

Unknown Plant with Globose Fruit<\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Unknown Plant with Globose Fruit\u00c2\u00a0(Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 04 Jan 2011.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur (South Waterfront Ecological Reserve) in Buenos Aires includes a huge diversity of plant life, most of which is native to the area. Parkinsonia aculeata (Mexican Palo Verde) is a glorious sight in flower. Ailanthus altissima (Tree of Heaven) is an introduced species, so what is it doing here in Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur? It is notable for its large clusters of red colored fruits which resemble maple seeds. I also took photos of two other flowering trees, the identification of which eludes me. The first appears to be a species of Acacia with alternate twice-pinnately-compound leaves, thorns, and catkins of white flowers. Acacia greggii, perhaps? The second had driven me nuts. All I can say was that I was impressed with this small tree with such large, distinctive, deeply-lobed leaves. This tree also bore cream-colored flowers, and globose fruits. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[170],"class_list":["post-11536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-journal","tag-buenos-aires"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pyBfX-304","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}