Linework follows UNESCO, who classify this as "caespitose herbaceous community". From Wordnik.com. [Southern Andean steppe] Reference
Another formation is the xeric alpine meadow dominated by chamaephytes, caespitose, and hemicryphytes. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests] Reference
Initial linework follows UNESCO, which classifies this as "tropical Andean caespitose herbaceous closed to open community, with woody synusía of tuft plants (humid páramo)". From Wordnik.com. [Santa Marta páramo] Reference
In some areas of Argentina, the Andean degraded caespitose (growing in dense tufts) herbaceous vegetation with open stands of dwarf shrubs includes Acantholippia hastulata, Adesmia horridiuscula, Baccharis incanum, Ephedra breana, Fabiana densa, Junellia seriphioides, Psila boliviensis, Senicio viridis, and Tetraglochin cristatum. From Wordnik.com. [Central Andean dry puna] Reference
For portions extending into Argentina and Chile we referred to the classifications scheme of UNESCO, and our linework lumps their "Andean caespitose herbaceous community (very dry puna)" and "subdesert semi-deciduous, facultative deciduous, shrubland (halophye communities". From Wordnik.com. [Central Andean dry puna] Reference
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