Copiapoa - Living on the Edge
Copiapoa in Habitat
  home [2001]     [2003]     [2004]

Copiapoathon 2001

12 May: S011

Along Ruta 5

   -29.5421 S  -71.24300 W Altitude 508 m.

 .

The sea fog, the Camanchaca, comes rolling in and can penetrate quite a few km. inland to provide the only regular
 source of moisture for any vegetation that can survive 'living on the edge'

Miqueliopuntia miquelii,

 

Also recorded: Copiapoa coquimbana, Cumulopuntia sphaerica, Trichocereus sp

< Previous]            [Next >

All material, except where otherwise credited, is Copyright
 © 2001-2006 Paul Klaassen

---------- end of page ----------