Copiapoa - Living on the Edge
Copiapoa in Habitat
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Copiapoathon 2001

21 May: S047

Ruta 1 - near El Cobre 

-24.3140 S   -70.48350 W   Altitude 973  m.

Habitat overview:
Marlon and Leo play 'spot a (live) plant' and fail

Where did we leave the car?

Copiapoa solaris    

Copiapoa survive long periods of drought by sacrificing stems. Here only the occasional live stem survives and the population appears doomed.

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