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Cinnamon fern
This tall (1.25 to nearly 2 m) fern produces two types of fronds, which form a crown. The blade of its sterile fronds is long and shaped like an ostrich feather.
Plant formFernFamilyOsmundaceae -
Coast cinquefoil
The stem of this plant is at first recumbent and then upright. The leaf is divided into 5 toothed leaflets with grey undersides. The 5-petalled yellow flowers open at the top of terminal axes.
Plant formHerbaceous shoreline plantFamilyRosaceae -
Cocoa tree
This small tree reaches its full height of 4.5 to 7.5 m after 8 to 10 years of growth. A young tree may grow 0.9 to 1.5 m before its first branches appear.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMalvaceae -
Common butterwort
This plant grows in the form of a rosette of 5 cm long greenish-yellow leaves. Bare stalks 5 to 15 cm long rise above the rosette, bearing a single flower.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyLentibulariaceae -
Common duckweed
This tiny herbaceous plant is less than 0.5 cm in diameter. It is easy to see colonies growing on the water's surface.
Plant formHerbaceous aquatic plantFamilyLemnaceae -
Common hawkweed
This plant has a 30 to 80 cm tall leafy stem. There are not very many leaves near the base of the stem, but 1 to 5 elongated leaves farther up.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyCompositae -
Common juniper
This shrubby, sprawling coniferous shrub grows 25 cm to 1.5 m tall. It forms greyish-green bushes that often spread to cover an area of several square metres. Its bark turns dark brown with age.
Plant formConiferFamilyCupressaceae -
Common polypody, rock polypody
This short (30 cm) fern grows in small, dense colonies. It produces only one type of fronds, which remain on the plant throughout the winter and until the middle of the following summer.
Plant formFernFamilyPolypodiaceae -
Common yarrow
The slightly hairy stems of this perennial plant are 30 to 60 cm tall. The leaves are divided into many segments.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyAsteraceae (Compositae) -
Coolwort, foamflower
This plant may grow up to 30 cm tall. Its toothed, shallow-lobed leaves are heart-shaped and resemble those of mountain maple. They have a long stalk and are mostly borne at the base of the plant.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilySaxifragaceae -
Coquillo palm tree, Coquito palm tree
This attractive spiny-trunked palm tree can reach 1.5 to 8 m in height and 10 to 17 cm in diameter.
Plant formPalmFamilyArecaceae -
Costa Rica strangler fig tree
This is a mid-sized tree that can reach 30 m. Its trunk is often hollow, with the centre representing the space left by the host tree that has rotted away.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMoraceae