Local flowers include cartucho, gladiolus, marigold, bougainvillea, roses and geraniums.

The area is well-wooded, with pine, oak, avocado, macuil, cedar, and guanacaxtle cuachepil.

Local birds include chachalaca, white-winged dove, pigeon blue, red Palamo, real peak, quail, magpie, woodpecker and parakeet.

Wild boar, deer, badger, raccoon, squirrel, body spin, opossums, skunks and foxes are found in the forests, and iguana and rattlesnake are also present.

[1] Some of the people speak the Chatino language, a remote branch of the Zapotecan family spoken only in the Juquila district.