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This category contains articles related to the native flora of the Cayman Islands. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. This category follows the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions
Salvia caymanensis, the Cayman sage, is a short-lived perennial plant in the genus Salvia that is endemic to Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands.It was thought to be extinct for nearly 40 years until it was rediscovered in 2007.
Restored early 20th-century Caymanian home and surrounding sand garden at QEII Botanic Park, Grand Cayman. Among these plants are: root crops and vegetables grown and harvested throughout Cayman history; the Silver Thatch Palm (Coccothrinax proctorii), an economically viable tree that provided the means for Caymanians to make thatch rope to use ...
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This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Cayman Islands. The avifauna of the Cayman Islands included a total of 270 species, according to Bird Checklists of the World as of May 2023. [1] Of them, 163 are rare or accidental and eight are introduced. One species (Grand Cayman thrush) was endemic to the islands but is now extinct, and ...
Agave caymanensis is a species of agave that is endemic to Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac in the Cayman Islands. It can be found in dry shrubland at all elevations of the islands. A. caymanensis gradually forms a short trunk, that is clothed in dead leaves. It can reach heights of 4 m and widths of 3 m with a rosette of massive ...
During his visit, he collected specimens and made notes on the plants and animals. [4] Based on these notes, the ornithologist John Ray published a short description of the Greater Antillean grackle in 1713, using the Latin name Monedula tota nigra [ 5 ] but it was not until 1725, more than 35 years after his visit, that Sloane himself ...
Native to the islands of Little Cayman and Cayman Brac, this subspecies has been introduced to Grand Cayman. [3] [4] Like other members of the genus Cyclura the Lesser Caymans iguana requires suitable areas in which to bask, forage, nest and hide. [12] Pit-tagging and radio-tracking the iguanas has revealed much information about the subspecies ...