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05130872
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PERU OEPf, AYACHUCO^V^Ta- |
along^road'* between PUQUiOiDept.^
Ayacucho) and CHALHUANCA (Dept*
Apfjrimac) Alt. ca. 3600-4500 »#
(12-14,000 ft.) or more .TOP OF ALTIPLANO.
©Dry puna and gravelly slopes ji rA
aquatics Laguna Vauriviri
km.45 from Puquio (13 km air/EEN) a/t,rn^Uj
8. Cushionplants-xeric alpine tussock
grassland with much bare gravel
km. 56 from Puquio. km. 60.
C. Seepage springs covered with
tremendous hard cushion plants
(Juncus mandonil ?f0istichia)
2 m in diam. at km 61 from Puquio.
0. Xeric alpine tussock grass- cushion
plant puna, vie, Negro Mayo,km.75-80.
E. Creekbottom mudflat, km. 65 from Puquio.
F. Rocky alpine tundra with huge basalt
blocks, cushion plants, much bare
8011. km 87 from
H.H. & C.M. Iltls	Dec.15, 1962
D. & V. Ugent	No.:
05130872