Flora & fauna of Sal, Cape Verde

Flora and fauna.............. There is little of either on Sal! The only fauna I saw were birds such as the lago sparrows and cattle egrets, and one house lizard. There are no big mammals.

Flora is scarce as well. The island is dry most of the year and is very sandy so little grows. The capital of the island is Espargos.  Espargos means "asparagus" and refers to the wild vegetable grass stalk with its bright yellow flowers which grows in sandy areas around the island.

These flowers are abundant in the hotel grounds where they get watered.

There were quite a lot of these yellow flowers in the sandy areas around the beach of Ponta Preta

Also in this sandy area -

These palms are planted -

In the desert area of Terra Boa -

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See my other blogs on Sal -

Salt from Sal

Vila Verde and Santa Maria pier and fish

Santa Maria town and people

Scenery in southern Sal

Scenery in northern Sal

Sal procession to remember slavery

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