summary of flora and fauna of ixtapaluca
Flora and fauna summary Within the municipality the flora and fauna is very beautiful, in the flora there is a great variety of beautiful trees, some fruit trees, others timber or forest trees; The fruit species are, among others: fig, capulín, pear, apple, sapote, pomegranate, olive, apricot, tejocote, walnut and peach. The timber or forests are: oyamel, fir, cedar, pine, cypress, thunder, poplar, weeping willow, pirúl, which is very abundant; white and small oak. The fauna has been becoming extinct, due to the excessive exploitation of the forests, there is a great variety of animals, both farmed and wild; Of them the pigs stand out; that since colonial times have been raised in the region; chickens, turkeys, rabbits, pigeons, cows, horses, sheep, goats, quail, ducks, geese. IXTAPALUCA: The Mexican proper name is Iztapayucan, which is composed of iztatl, sal, pallutl or pallotl, wetness, and can place; and means: "place where salt is wet."
