Name:
Chilean Mediterranean Interior Semi-Desert Scrub & Grassland Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This macrogroup represents the plant communities that develop on the inland plains, leeward slopes and ridges of the Atacama Desert region in northern Chile from 400 to 1600 m elevation. The vegetation is a xeromorphic open shrubland up to 3 m high, with a low herbaceous layer that develops in the spring of wet years. The vegetation is adapted to several-year periods of complete drought during which species shed some of their external tissues and remain dormant until some moisture becomes available. Characteristic species are <i>Adesmia argentea, Aloysia salviifolia, Argylia radiata, Aristolochia chilensis, Balbisia peduncularis, Balsamocarpon brevifolium, Bulnesia chilensis, Caesalpinia angulata, Calliandra chilensis, Chuquiraga acicularis, Cordia decandra, Cruckschanksia pumila, Echinopsis coquimbanus, Encelia canescens, Heliotropium sinuatum, Heliotropium chenopodiaceum, Krameria cistoidea, Opuntia miquelii, Opuntia ovata, Pintoa chilensis, Pleurophora pungens, Proustia ilicifolia, Atriplex deserticola, Fagonia chilensis, Frankenia chilensis, Heliotropium myosotifolium, Nolana rostrata, Plantago hispidula, Skytanthus acutus</i>, and <i>Tetragonia angustifolia</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:41014-{C9C1A1E5-312E-4463-9E94-211CCBC6F0EB}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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