Name:
Northern Andean Montane & Upper Montane Grassland & Shrubland Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
These are vegetation communities occurring over relatively small areas on plateaus and cliffs formed on sandstone outcrops in sub-Andean cordilleras. Known occurrences are from southeast Ecuador and northeast Peru, in the Cordillera del Condor at around 2000-2400 m elevation, in places with very high precipitation that, due to soils and topography, become saturated for long periods. Vegetation is a mix of tall sclerophyllous herbaceous plants like bromeliads and orchids growing on the ground, and sclerophyllous shrublands with abundant epiphytes and hemi-epiphytes, both growing on a thick mat of organic matter. The following list of species is diagnostic for this macrogroup: <i>Paepalanthus ensifolius, Pseudonoseris chachapoyensis, Sphaeradenia</i> sp., <i>Stenospermation robustum, Clusia cff. eliptica, Clusia ducuoides, Purdiaea nutans, Xyris uleana, Gaultheria</i> spp., <i>Disterigma acuminatum, Vaccinium floribundum, Hedyosmum</i> sp., <i>Ilex microphyllum, Myrteola phylicoides, Ugni myricoides, Myrcianthes fragrans, Weinmannia fagaroides, Schefflera moyobambae, Schefflera</i> spp., <i>Piper</i> sp., <i>Palicourea</i> sp., <i>Cybianthus</i> sp., <i>Drimys cf. granadensis, Miconia noriifolia, Persea</i> sp., <i>Brachyotum campanulare, Symplocos</i> sp., <i>Ternstroemia jelskii, Epidendrum dermatanthum, Epidendrum secundum, Epidendrum alsum, Epidendrum mancum, Elleanthus lancifolius, Elleanthus aff. linifolius, Maxillaria</i> spp., <i>Odontogrlossum</i> sp., <i>Pleurothallis</i> sp.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40692-{625F0244-269F-4161-BC07-E1C6B554B0FB}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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