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Sechura Atacama Semi-Desert Cliff & Pavement Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Sechura Atacama Semi-Desert Cliff & Pavement Macrogroup Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: The intermediate zone between the coast and the Andes Mountains in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile represents the extreme of this macrogroup with almost complete absence of vascular vegetation. These areas are between 1000 and 2000 m altitude with very low or no rainfall and no influence of mists, which completely prevents the presence of plant life. Most of this zone has a relief of plains, rolling hills and mountains. Similar conditions characterize the extent of this macrogroup along the Sechura Desert in central southern Peru, where very small patches of vegetation occur associated with topographic pockets that receive mists that are used by communities of bromeliads barely attached to the soil (<i>Tillandsia landbeckii, Tillandsia latifolia, Tillandsia straminea, Tillandsia werdermannii</i>). More developed plant communities distributed along the Pacific semi-desert are included in ~Sechura Atacama Semi-Desert Riparian Scrub Macrogroup (M782)$$.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:41085-{F9A5290A-5525-4478-A2A3-A472D0F4B5F1} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 17-Apr-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: South American Pacific Semi-Desert Scrub & Grassland Division This Community's Level: Macrogroup This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.886556 NatureServe Explorer   Code: M861   Scientific: Sechura Atacama Semi-Desert Cliff & Pavement Macrogroup