What is This?
thousands of individual plants (I forgot to note the name), cluster together to form a green stone like clump in order to survive in this harsh cold and winswept land.
I took this photo around Ushuaia and Beagle channel at the souther tip of Argentina.
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oribi - pictures 28/05/2006 15:00
@ Christine and Moin: That's definetly not a "Yaretta" even when it looks like. The Azorella compacta is only living on an altitude of over 3.000 meters and only common on the Altiplano (Bolivia, Northern Chile, Southern Peru).Como esta?
oribi - picturesCU Enrico & Co.
Moreno M 28/05/2006 3:12
Hi Jaime,Thanks a lot for the information.
Regards, Moin
Cristina Iampaglia 28/05/2006 2:00
In south america we call it "yareta" APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE) Azorella compacta Phil.http://images.google.cl/images?hl=es&q=yareta&btnG=B%C3%BAsqueda+en+Google&sa=N&tab=wi
Gruss
Jaime
Annette Vorwerk-Dörries 26/05/2006 22:20
Interesting picture, but I cannot imagine how big this plants are.Regards of Annette