Login | Datasets | Logout
 

View Community Concepts - Detail

Southern Andean Montane Bog Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
  click to update datacart
Name: Southern Andean Montane Bog Macrogroup
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: Cushion bogs of the high Andes from central Chile and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego. In the northern part of their distribution they occur above 2500 m elevation and are minerotrophic, occurring on soils with very poor drainage. Since precipitation in this latitudes is lower, the composition of the plant communities depends on the chemical composition of the water that feeds them. A typical association is formed by <i>Patosia clandestina, Oxychloe andina, Plantago barbata, Calceolaria biflora, Gentiana sedifolia, Werneria pygmaea, Pernettya pumila, Juncus</i> spp., <i>Mimulus</i> sp. In the temperate part of their distribution, they occur between 600-1500 m elevation and receive abundant precipitation, hence there are both minerotrophic and ombrotrophic bogs, permanently waterlogged and with active peat formation, usually occurring in a mosaic with woody swamps. The cushion-forming dominant species are <i>Oreobolus obtusangulus, Donatia fascicularis</i>, and <i>Sphagnum magellanicum</i>, accompanied in less abundance by the palustrine herbs <i>Lepidothamnus fonckii, Drosera uniflora, Astelia pumila, Gentiana</i> sp., and the occasional presence of the shrub <i>Myrteola</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40988-{AE8D48A0-84B7-47EC-AB74-BCD877815713}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Apr-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.885101 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: M758
  Scientific: Southern Andean Montane Bog Macrogroup