oyamel

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oy·a·mel

(oi′ə-mĕl′)

Any of several Mexican firs, especially Abies religiosa of highland regions of central Mexico, stands of which provide the principal wintering grounds for the monarch butterfly.

[Nahuatl oyametl, the fir tree Abies religiosa.]

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COMMITTED: Francisco Ramirez Cruz waters Oyamel fir saplings maturing in a greenhouse on his family's ranch in La Mesa, Estado de Mexico.

Needed: Rearguard action

En Mexico, los bosques templados (oyamel, encino, pino-encino y pino) se caracterizan por una estructura vegetal arborea caducifolia o perennifolia.

Respuesta de Fragaria mexicana y comunidades microbianas rizosfericas al aumento de temperatura

En ambos sitios predominan los bosques de encino, pino y oyamel, especies propias del clima templado sub-humedo con una precipitacion media anual mayor a 700 mm (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Victoria).

NUEVOS DATOS SOBRE LA DISTRIBUCION Y LA BIOLOGIA REPRODUCTIVA DE CANTHONIMITATOR BROWN 1946 (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: SCARABAEINAE)

Stopping at the base of El Rosario, part of the Reserva Mariposa Monarca (Monarch Butterfly Reserve) which is open to the public, we swap our four wheels for horses, and climb higher into the Oyamel fir forest.

ALL AFLUTTER OVER A NATURAL WONDER; EVERY NOVEMBER, MILLIONS OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES DESCEND ON A SMALL FOREST IN MEXICO. SARAH MARSHALL WITNESSES ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST JOURNEYS

Among the well-known establishments that closed in solidarity were three of acclaimed chef Silvana Salcido Esparza's restaurants in Phoenix; Michelin star RASA in San Francisco; and Washington's Oyamel and Jaleo, run by chef Jose Andres.