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Bolivian-Tucuman Cliff, Scree & Rock Vegetation Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Bolivian-Tucuman Cliff, Scree & Rock Vegetation Macrogroup
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: The macrogroup represents the vegetation communities developed on rock outcrops or rocky, steep montane slopes of the Andes in southeastern Bolivian and northwestern Argentina dominated by rosulate bromeliads, small xeromorphic ferns, small to medium-sized cacti, and a few other succulents that include several restricted, local endemics. It is distributed in areas of humid to sub-humid climate between 1400 and 3800 m elevation. Characteristic species and genera at low elevations of the altitudinal range include <i>Abromeitiella brevifolia, Rebutia fiebrigii, Grahamia vulcanensis, Echeveria</i> spp., <i>Cleistocactus</i> spp., <i>Parodia</i> spp., <i>Weingartia</i> spp., <i>Puya</i> spp., <i>Deuterocohnia</i> spp., and <i>Tillandsia</i> spp. In the upper portion of the elevational range are <i>Lobivia tiegeliana, Puya fiebrigii, Puya minima</i>, among others. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:41082-{D871BA88-9E3F-4941-AA23-C0AC83DDADED}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Apr-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.886545 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: M855
  Scientific: Bolivian-Tucuman Cliff, Scree & Rock Vegetation Macrogroup