The
area that understands the Ecological Reservation of Sian
Ka´they go finds in the province Peninsula of Yucatán
of the region caribe, in the kingdom neotropical. As for
the wealth florística, (1990) registered a total
of 859 species, of the 1,970 reportadas for Yucatán.
This ecological reservation of Sian Ka' go (" Where
is born the heaven" or "Gift of the heaven")
in tongue maya, was established as such in 19896 by decree
presidencial and later incorporated to the program "
Man and Biosfera" of the UNESCO in 1987. This place,
unique in the world by the biological diversity of species
vegetales and animal (103 species mamíferos as the
jaguar, the puma, the ocelote, the margay, the juguarundí,
the mono saraguato; reptiles and 345 species of birds),
extends along 52 kilometers of north to south, being scarcely
populated by around 2 thousand inhabitants that they live
mainly in Punta Allen and [sbrk] Punta Blacksmith. It is
agreed to it reserves to bias five entrances: Pulticub,
Holy Teresita, Chumpón, Chunyaxché and Chac
Mool.
The
region alberga 23 archaeological places, the oldest of around
2 thousand 300 years. It is esteemed that the zone was inhabited
by the town maya during the periods Preclásico and
Classical, and is supposed that in the extreme north an
old commercial route was situated that linked, atravezando
gaps and manglares, to the old cities of Tulum and Mullid.
Facing the reservation extends, along 47.5 kilometers of
coast, the second larger and important barrier of reefs
of the world. Among the months of maya and August can be
observed in the beaches desovando to four species of tortugas
respected in danger of extinction. Sian Ka' go offers to
the visiting services of guide, formed in the knowledge
of the flora and the fauna of the place as well as in the
milenaria culture maya, introducing the visitor to one of
the places more excitantes and rich of the Riviera Maya.
Manglares and Dunes
Manglar of franja. This swamp forms a franja to every
the long thing of the coast of Sian Ka´they go and
reaches heights of until 12 m. The mangles Rhizophora mangle,
Avicennia germinans and Laguncularia racemosa here reach
greater size. In higher areas is found Conocarpus erectus.
Tasistal. It is a swamp of palms that reach heights
from 4 to 6 m; occasionally forms manchones small and more
commonly a franja to every the long thing of the coast.
It is a community little diverse where the palm tasiste
(Acoellorraphe wrightii) is the dominant species of the
stratum arbóreo and Cladium jamaicensis of the herbaceous
one.
Dunes. The vegetation of these presents affinities
with that of the islands antillanas, for which they are
different to the of the remainder of the country; they register
15 groups of communities among the ones that emphasize,
in zones pioneras, Sesuvium, Ambrosia-Hymenocallis, and
in the community of matorral Coccoloba - Thrinax.
Petenes. They are not presented like a strict type
of vegetation, but as very peculiar formations; the of greater
extension they present a cenote in the center. Two types
exist: one upon rock calcárea that almost is not
flooded, and another upon marga or mob inundable; the first
present vegetation of forest, and the other of manglar or
an association of forest-manglar.
