The Bosque el Nixticuil (Nixticuil Forest) is an old-growth forest[1] located northwest of the Metropolitan Zone of Guadalajara in the Mexican town of Zapopan. An urban forest, it is encroached by the metropolitan area's constant growth. It is mostly composed of oak, holm oak and pine.
It is a remnant of a larger, now vanished, forest of more than 27,000 hectares. Its name comes from a local natural promontory called El Nixticuil.[2]
- ^ Declaratoria de protección al bosque del Nixticuil busca favorecer a particulares - La Jornada Jalisco
- ^ Exhorta al Ejecutivo Federal a Declarar como Área de Protección de Recursos Naturales al Bosque de El Nixticuil - Sitio Oficial Diputados Federales PAN Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine