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SOUTH AMERICA
43. Cordoba xerophilic (deciduous in dry season) mountain woodland
combined with savanna. Trees: Larrea nitida . . . Bougainviïlea;
grasses: Aristida . . . Panicum; on sands Panicum urvilleanum
III. Grass Savanna, Pampas, and Partly Open Woodland
A. Uruguayan-Argentine formations
44. Argentine savanna with stunted trees and scrub (Parque mesopotamico).
Grasses: species of Paspalum . . . Echinochloa colona;
stunted trees: Prosopis nigra . . . Piptadenia rigida; palms: Butia
yatay, etc.
45. Uruguyan subtropical savanna with mesophilic shrubs. Grasses
of the genera Stipa . . . Danthonia; shrubs: Acacia jarnesiana, etc.
46. Argentine humid pampa. Grasses of genera Stipa . . . Cortaderia
argéntea; also plants of the genera: Verbena, etc.
47. Argentine dry pampa with xerophilic shrubs. Grasses: Elyonurus
viridulus . . . Aristida trachyacanta; trees and shrubs: Prosopis
algarobilla, etc.
IV. Subtropical Desert
A. Argentine formations
48. Argentine subtropical desert and semi-desert (monte). Branching
shrubs (3-5 meters) alternating with growths of small shrubs (1-
1.5 meters) and trees groves (5-10 meters). Trees and shrubs:
Gourliea decorticans . . . Atamisquea emarginata; tree-like cacti
Cereus and Opuntia; among the grasses, Stipa
49. Psammophytic subtropical vegetation and moving sands. Grasses:
Panicum racemosum . . . Ischaemum urvilleanum, also Senecio
crassiflorus; in saline places, funcus acutus, etc.
50. Halophytic subtropical vegetation. Shrubs: Suaeda divaricata, etc.
V. Andean High-Mountain Vegetation
51. Cryophilic mountain shrubs, cushion plants and meadows (paramos).
Cushion-like, low, dwarf plants and shrubs: Espeletia nerifolia,
etc.
52. Grassy mountain steppe with rare xerophilic shrubs (jalea).
Shrubs: Franseria jruticosa , . . Puya; herbs: Azor ella glabra, etc.
53. Mountain low-shrub semi-desert and desert (puna). Low shrubs
and herbs: Senecio gilliesii . . . Polylepis; grasses: Poa chilensis
. . . Milica andina; cacti: Cereus atacamensis, C. pasacana
54. Mountain halophytic shrub desert. Low, rosette-like cushion
plants: Azor ella multi fida . . . Pourretia; cacti: Opuntia pentlandii,
etc.
55. High-mountain cryophytic short-grass meadow, often with low
shrubs. Grasses: Agrostis nana . . . Festuca distichovaginata; low
shrubs and herbs: Astragalus vagus, etc.
56. Andean highland cryophytic steppe with xerophilic shrubs and
cacti: Dodonaea viscosa, etc.
57. Halophytic vegetation on highland solonchaks (puna salina).
Low-growing plants: A triplex, etc.
VI. Subantarctic Mesophilic Forest
58. Andean evergreen mountain forest. Forest canopy at 40-55 meters:
Eucryphia cordifolia . . . Myrtus luma; tree-like ferns: Alsophila
pruinata, Blechnum magellanicum; lianas: Pseudopanax laetevirens,
Cissus, Hydrangeo; bamboo: Chusquea; epiphytes, ferns
59. Broadleaf and mixed (with evergreens) forest of evergreen beech
with admixture of conifers. Forest canopy at 40-50 meters: Not hojagus
dom bey i . . . Fitzroya cupr es soldes; between Lat. 37° 45' and
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