Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Plants
When it comes to plant life, the country's most diverse regions are in Northeast Argen-
tina, the Lake District, the Patagonian Andes and the subtropical forests of northwest Ar-
gentina.
The high northern Andes are dry and often barren, and vegetation is limited to sparse
bunch grasses and low, widely spaced shrubs. In Jujuy and La Rioja provinces, however,
huge, vertically branched cardón cacti add a rugged beauty to an otherwise empty land-
scape. In the Andean precordillera, between the Chaco and the Andes proper, lies a strip
of dense, subtropical montane cloud forest known as the Yungas. This area sees heavy
summertime rains and is one of the most biologically diverse regions in the country.
