Title
Flora and vegetation on cryoturbated and associates habitats around abra Apacheta, Ayacucho - Huancavelica (Peru)
Other title
Flora y vegetación de suelos crioturbados y hábitats asociados en los alrededores del abra Apacheta, Ayacucho - Huancavelica (Perú)
Date Issued
01 August 2011
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Asociacion de Biologos de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
We present results of flora and vegetation studies carried out in cryoturbated soils and its associated habitats around Abra Apacheta, in Cangallo (Ayacucho) and Huaytara (Huancavelica) Provinces. The aims of this study were: To study vascular floristic composition of High Andes (over 4500 m of altitude) and characterize highland vegetation. There were used conventional techniques for botanical collection and vegetation coverage measurements by intersection-line transects and Point Quadrat modifyed method. There were registered 134 species of vascular plants (Pteridophytes, Gymnospems, Eudicots and Monocots) grouped in 60 genera and 23 families. Eudicots were the dominant group with 74% of the total registered, 82% in genera and 77% in species; followed by Monocots with 13%, 13% and 21% in the previous categories. Monilophytes (ferns) were poorly represented by two families (9%), two genera (3%) and two species (1%); while Gymnosperms only registered one specie (Ephedra rupestris Benth.). By the quantitative analysis three types of plant communities associated to cryoturbated soils were characterized, we also report two types of associated vegetation: Grasslands and rocky areas.
Start page
169
End page
178
Volume
18
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Agricultura
Agronomía
Subjects
Publication version
Version of Record
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84896931009
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
1561-0837
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