Name:
Andean Puna Wet Meadow Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
Dense tussock grasslands that can reach up to 0.6 m high, growing on hydromorphic soils that get temporarily waterlogged, in topographic depressions and margins of lakes and streams, in the high-Andes of Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. Diagnostic species are <i>Calamagrostis chrysantha, Calamagrostis humboldtiana, Calamagrostis ovata, Calamagrostis rigescens, Festuca steinbachi, Festuca humilior, Aciachne acicularis, Senecio comosus, Perezia pungens, Cortaderia bifida, Cortaderia hapalotricha, Eleocharis</i> spp., <i>Carex</i> spp., <i>Cyperus</i> spp., <i>Juncus</i> spp., <i>Oritrophium peruvianum, Chaptalia cordata, Gentianella</i> spp., and <i>Halenia</i> sp. This type also occurs in the "dry Puna" of Bolivia and Argentina, subject to a more seasonal climate and much less annual precipitation, so the occurrences are of smaller extent and the composition tends to be less diverse, including <i>Eleocharis atacamensis, Carex nebularum, Hypochoeris taraxacoides, Lachemilla pinnata, Plantago tubulosa, Scirpus atacamensis</i>, and <i>Juncus depauperatus</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40956-{783450B0-1C06-4B2A-B33D-DF5B804CEF23}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
0
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