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Patagonian Mesic Grassland & Shrubland Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Patagonian Mesic Grassland & Shrubland Macrogroup
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This macrogroup represents several communities of mesic grasslands of the southern Andes. One of them, the <i>Festuca pallescens</i> grassland, grows on the foothills of the west and east slopes in Chile and Argentina. In the Argentinian Patagonia it is distributed forming a western fringe from Neuquen to Santa Cruz. It does not occur further east in Patagonia because the drier conditions favor other communities, nor does it go into Tierra del Fuego. Accompanying species are <i>Festuca argentina, Bromus setifolius, Triptilion achillae, Mulinum spinosum</i>. Another type is formed by grasslands of <i>Poa ligularis</i> growing on the Somuncura plateau, above 1200 m elevation in the Rio Negro province; associated species are <i>Stipa humilis, Maihuenia patagonica, Junellia spisa</i>, among others. Also included here are grasslands that replaced the logged montane humid evergreen and deciduous forests of the temperate southern Andes. These communities are composed of <i>Festuca gracillima, Gamochaeta nivalis, Agropyron fueguianum, Elymus antarcticus, Bromus coloratus, Luzula chilensis, Azorella trifurcata, Baccharis magellanica, Silene magellanica, Armeria elongata, Arjona tuberosa, Geranium magellanicum, Chiliotrichum diffusum, Stipa humilis</i>, and <i>Lepidophyllum cupressiformis</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40981-{984B27CD-E2CE-48BC-9264-BF9D189C26B7}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Apr-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.885087 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: M750
  Scientific: Patagonian Mesic Grassland & Shrubland Macrogroup