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SOUTH AMERICA<br />
42. Tucuman-Cordoba subtropical dry (partly deciduous) mountain<br />
forest and scrub. Trees: Chorisia insignis . . . Gourliea; shrubs:<br />
Stenolobium staur . . . Mimosa, and cacti <strong>of</strong> the genera Cereus<br />
Trichoccreus, Peres\ia<br />
43. Cordoba xerophilic (deciduous in dry season) mountain woodland<br />
combined with savanna. Trees: Larrea nítida . . . Bougainvillea;<br />
grasses: Aristida . . . Panicum; on sands Panicum urvilleanum<br />
III. Grass Savanna, Pampas, and Partly Open Woodland<br />
A. Uruguayan-Argentine formations<br />
44. Argentine savanna with stunted trees and scrub (Parque mesopotamico).<br />
Grasses: species <strong>of</strong> Paspalum . . . Echinochloa colona;<br />
stunted trees: Prosopis nigra . . . Piptadenia rígida; palms: Butia<br />
yatay, etc.<br />
45. Uruguayan subtropical savanna with mesophilic shrubs. Grasses<br />
<strong>of</strong> the genera Stipa . . . Danthonia; shrubs: Acacia farnesiana, etc.<br />
46. Argentine humid pampa. Grasses <strong>of</strong> genera Stipa . . . Cortaderia<br />
argéntea; also plants <strong>of</strong> the genera: Verbena, etc.<br />
47. Argentine dry pampa with xerophilic shrubs. Grasses: Elyonurus<br />
viridulus . . . Aristida trachyacanta; trees and shrubs: Prosopis<br />
algarobilla, etc.<br />
IV. Subtropical Desert<br />
A. Argentine formations<br />
48. Argentine subtropical desert and semi-desert (monte). Branching<br />
shrubs (3-5 meters) alternating with growths <strong>of</strong> small shrubs (1-<br />
1.5 meters) and trees groves (5-10 meters). Trees and shrubs:<br />
Gourliea decorticans . . . Atamisquea emarginata; tree-like cacti<br />
Cereus and Opuntia; among the grasses, Stipa<br />
49. Psammophytic subtropical <strong>vegetation</strong> and moving sands. Grasses:<br />
Panicum racemosum . . . Ischaemum urvilleanum, also Senecio<br />
crassiflorus; in saline places, ]uncus acutus, etc.<br />
50. Halophytic subtropical <strong>vegetation</strong>. Shrubs: Suaeda divaricata, etc.<br />
V. Andean High-Mountain Vegetation<br />
51. Cryophilic mountain shrubs, cushion plants and meadows (paramos).<br />
Cushion-like, low, dwarf plants and shrubs: Espeletia<br />
nerifolia, etc.<br />
52. Grassy mountain steppe with rare xerophilic shrubs (jalea).<br />
Shrubs: Pranseria jruticosa . . . Puya; herbs: Azorella glabra, etc,<br />
53. Mountain low-shrub semi-desert and desert (puna). Low shrubs<br />
and herbs: Senecio gilliesii . . . Polylepis; grasses: Poa chtlensis<br />
. . . Milica andina; cacti: Cereus atacamensis, C. pasacana<br />
54. Mountain halophytic shrub desert. Low, rosette-like cushion plants:<br />
Azorella multifida . . . Pourretia; cacti: Opuntia pentlandii, etc.<br />
55. High-mountain cryophytic short-grass meadow, <strong>of</strong>ten with low<br />
shrubs. Grasses: Agrostis nana . . . Festuca distichovaginata; low<br />
shrubs and herbs: Astragalus vagus, etc.<br />
56. Andean highland cryophytic steppe with xerophilic shrubs and<br />
cacti: Dodonaea viscosa, etc.<br />
57. Halophytic <strong>vegetation</strong> on highland solonchaks (puna salina). Lowgrowing<br />
plants: A triplex, etc.<br />
VI. Subantarctic Mesophilic Forest<br />
58. Andean evergreen mountain forest. Forest canopy at 40-55 meters:<br />
Eucryphia cordifolia . . . Myrtus luma; tree-like ferns: Alsophila<br />
pruinata, Blechnum magellanicum; lianas: Pseudopanax laetevirens,<br />
Cissus, Hydrangeo; bamboo: Chusquea; epiphytes, ferns<br />
59. Broadleaf and mixed (with evergreens) forest <strong>of</strong> evergreen beech<br />
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