Los Higuerones Trail
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 0.21 mi
- Elevation gain
- 46 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 0 ft
- Max elevation
- 148 ft
- TrailRank
- 21
- Min elevation
- 89 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 18
- Uploaded
- May 28, 2010
- Recorded
- May 2010
near Agua Buena, Puntarenas (Costa Rica)
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Itinerary description
Distance: 0.3 Km
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 15 Min
This short trail (0.33 km) connects the Piro Research Center access road to the Cerro Osa Trail. Los Higuerones traverses 20 year old secondary forest, where the dominant trees are figs (Ficus insipidus), for which the trail is named. These trees, belonging to the family Moraceae, are of great ecological importance as they provide food and shelter for countless species. Although commonly referred to as a fruit, the fig is actually the flower of the tree, known as an inflorescence (an arrangement of multiple flowers) in which the flowers and seeds grow together to form a single mass. The flower is not visible, as it blooms inside the fruit. The small orifice visible on the middle of the fruit is a narrow passage called the ostiole, which allows a specialized wasp to enter and pollinate the flower, whereafter the fruit grows seeds. These 1-2 mm long wasps from the family Agaonidae have coevolved with fig trees, with each species of Ficus maintaining a symbiotic relationship with a particular species of wasp.
This trail is part of the Osa Biodiversity Center hiking trail system.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 15 Min
This short trail (0.33 km) connects the Piro Research Center access road to the Cerro Osa Trail. Los Higuerones traverses 20 year old secondary forest, where the dominant trees are figs (Ficus insipidus), for which the trail is named. These trees, belonging to the family Moraceae, are of great ecological importance as they provide food and shelter for countless species. Although commonly referred to as a fruit, the fig is actually the flower of the tree, known as an inflorescence (an arrangement of multiple flowers) in which the flowers and seeds grow together to form a single mass. The flower is not visible, as it blooms inside the fruit. The small orifice visible on the middle of the fruit is a narrow passage called the ostiole, which allows a specialized wasp to enter and pollinate the flower, whereafter the fruit grows seeds. These 1-2 mm long wasps from the family Agaonidae have coevolved with fig trees, with each species of Ficus maintaining a symbiotic relationship with a particular species of wasp.
This trail is part of the Osa Biodiversity Center hiking trail system.
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