Thank you Hive account@adamada! It's preety cool, they collect salt on to their leaves from special glands, when the leaf drops it makes the forest floor very salty thus making it harder for other plants to grow. This link gives a lot of information about the species:

https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/tamspp/all.html

On our last trip two days ago we saw a fox and some parrots. Not very tough looking but certainly resistent in this dry habitat.

Look out for our next post coming soon, I managed to get pictures of them!

#ecolife #dryforest