TABLE 1.
Sample (elevation [m]) | Latitude (°S) | Longitude (°W) | Sample date (mo/yr) | Biomea | Plant cover (%) | Perennial vegetation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
400 | 23.74938 | 70.35822 | 10/2002 | Absolute desert | —b | Nolana spp. along dry wash |
703 | 23.95695 | 70.28595 | 10/2002 | Absolute desert | 0 | None |
987 | 24.07528 | 70.20925 | 10/2002 | Absolute desert | 0 | None |
989 | 24.07065 | 70.20177 | 07/2004 | Absolute desert | 0 | None |
1,315 | 24.36310 | 69.94595 | 10/2002 | Absolute desert | 0 | None |
1,931 | 24.46892 | 69.40787 | 10/2002 | Absolute desert | 0 | None |
2,510 | 24.33925 | 69.23507 | 10/2002 | Absolute desert | —b | Adesmia atacamensis |
2,792 | 24.26348 | 69.19138 | 10/2002 | Absolute desert | —b | Adesmia atacamensis, Oxalis |
3,107 | 24.44883 | 68.83053 | 10/2002 | Absolute desert | —b | Isolated Acantholippia deserticola 50-100 m from site |
3,593 | 24.52562 | 68.73160 | 10/2002 | Pre-Puna | 1-3 | Cristaria andicola, Sysimbrium phillipiani |
3,900 | 24.55812 | 68.66685 | 10/2002 | Puna | 1-3 | Stipa frigida, Fabiana bryoides, Artemisia copa, Happlopappus rigidus, C. andicola, Adesmia hystrix, Opuntia conoidea |
4,270 | 24.60033 | 68.58547 | 10/2002 | High Andean Steppe | 4-10 | Stipa frigida, Deyeuxia curvula, |
4,500 | 24.69612 | 68.62468 | 10/2002 | High Andean Steppe | 2-4 | Mulinum crassifolium, |
Monschopsis monocephala, | ||||||
Chaethantera revoluta, Perezia | ||||||
atacamanensis, Viola spp. |
Absolute desert refers to the near absence of plant cover. Other biome designations were described previously by Villagrán et al. (37).
Too few plants were present to quantify the percent plant cover. The isolated plants observed were separated by expanses of unvegetated terrain.