Post by syzygy on May 7, 2019 7:57:38 GMT
Foreword note: These are not rocks, covered with the plant, but organic masses of the plant itself! Besides it is outworldly beautiful, it is good for gastric ulcer! (:
Check paper on Academia.edu with further great photos and description: Azorella compacta (Yareta) - An endemic plant of the Andean plateau in Sounth America
Laguna Negra, Bolivia:
Mirador de los Andes pass, Peru:
Photo author: Valéry Fassiaux on commons.wikimedia.org (click for full image)
Azorella compacta in Peru on the road between Arequipa and Chivay, a little bit before the "Mirador de los Andes pass", elevation of 4,910 m.
Date: 31 March 2009
Further read and photos:
Short description on TIMES Knowledge.in, further on WorldAtlas.com, also good read and photo selection by co-member charsimaticp on their blog site: CharismaticPlanet.com.
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kmz placemark collection of yareta sights on GE (Photo layer, StreetView or by other source, with further links) from Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina attached as
my tribute to this beautiful plant, this alien looking creature on this alien landscape.
Yaretas.kmz (4.04 KB)
All of your further spottings welcome here!
Check paper on Academia.edu with further great photos and description: Azorella compacta (Yareta) - An endemic plant of the Andean plateau in Sounth America
Laguna Negra, Bolivia:
Mirador de los Andes pass, Peru:
Photo author: Valéry Fassiaux on commons.wikimedia.org (click for full image)
Azorella compacta in Peru on the road between Arequipa and Chivay, a little bit before the "Mirador de los Andes pass", elevation of 4,910 m.
Date: 31 March 2009
... Yareta is well-adapted to high insolation rates typical of the Andes highlands and cannot grow in shade. The plant's leaves grow into an extremely compact, dense mat that reduces heat and water loss. This mat grows near the ground where air temperature is one or two degrees Celsius higher than the mean air temperature. This temperature difference is a result of the longwave radiation re-radiated by the soil surface (which is usually dark gray to black in the Puna).
Yareta is estimated to grow approximately 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in) per year. Many yaretas are estimated to be over 3,000 years old. It is traditionally harvested for fuel, but its very slow growth makes this practice highly unsustainable. ... / source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yareta
Yareta is estimated to grow approximately 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in) per year. Many yaretas are estimated to be over 3,000 years old. It is traditionally harvested for fuel, but its very slow growth makes this practice highly unsustainable. ... / source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yareta
Further read and photos:
Short description on TIMES Knowledge.in, further on WorldAtlas.com, also good read and photo selection by co-member charsimaticp on their blog site: CharismaticPlanet.com.
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kmz placemark collection of yareta sights on GE (Photo layer, StreetView or by other source, with further links) from Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina attached as
my tribute to this beautiful plant, this alien looking creature on this alien landscape.
Yaretas.kmz (4.04 KB)
All of your further spottings welcome here!
