Data on vascular plant species composition along two elevation gradients in the high Andes of central Chile (33°S).

ABSTRACT: The results of a survey of vascular plant species along two elevational gradients in the high Andes of central Chile (33°S) are reported. Vascular plant species were recorded in 12 and 15 plots of 1600 m² set up to be permanent, distributed at intervals of 100 m elevation along two elevational gradients, one in the La Parva (2500-3600 m a.s.l.) and a second in the Valle Nevado (2300-3700 m a.s.l.) area, Metropolitan Region of Santiago. All plots were square in shape except for one that was divided into two sections due to a landslide on the slope. Plots cover subalpine vegetation above the Kageneckia angustifolia treeline and the entire alpine belt to the upper limit of consistent vascular plant vegetation. The presence of each species in the individual plots is given alo

SUBMITTER: Arroyo MTK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11617968 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature