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Road Quito-Baeza, 6 km NW of Laguna de Papallacta (Páramo de Guamaní). Boggy depression in bunch grass páramo, dominated by Plantago rigida cushions, low shrubs and mosses.

Mutints and vicinity. Primary and secondary rain forest.

Cayambe, just N of the town on the road towards Ibarra. Road banks.

5 km north of Coca on the Coca - Lago Agrio road. Disturbed primary forest along roadside.

Volcán Cotopaxi near the Río Pita plain. Quebrada and wind desert.

Road Patuca-Santiago, km 44. Forested ridge just S of road.

Nanegalito. Gardens and fields in the village.

Gualaceo - Culebrillas road, secondary and very humid mountain forest. Mostly shrubs, e.g. Ericaceae, Calceolaria, Proteaceae, etc.

Reserva Etnica y Forestal Awá. Tarabita.

Guagra Urcu, lomita SE of summit. Jaramillo.

Cerro Sumaco. Quadrat 1-4.

Mainly old-growth tropical rain forest, in/at the Yasuní Forest Dynamics Project's 50 ha plot

Sta. Rosa, 8 km al S de Nanegalito. Bosque nublado.

Road Nanegalito - Pacto, 5 km W of Tulipe. Seasonal montane forest.

(Formosa)

Guagra Urcu, near summit. Elfin forest.

One hectare plot, Lloa Valley, Hcda. Las Palmas of Lcdo. Fernando Sotomayor. Lloa-Mindo, km 14, road unfinished. Slightly disturbed cloud forest.

Northern slope of the volcano Tungurahua, 1 km south of Baños. Disturbed montane forest. Soil temp.: 12° C.

Río Santiago at Rocafuerte. Riverside forest.

Sepilok

Río Cayapa. Zapallo Grande. Farmland close to the village.

Km 85 on Pan American Highway N of Loja. Dry, low scrub vegetation, more humid in small hollows and valleys.

Volcán Atacazo, W slope, 13 km from San Juan. Ravine with shrub forest.

Cerro Conga, Cordillera de Chalupas. Elfin forest with extremely thick moss cover on steep N-exposed slopes.

Cuyuja. Along muletrack passing through montane forest S of Río Papallacta.

Road Baeza - Tean, 8 km from Baeza. Partly cleared montane forest.

Parc National du Niokolo Koba. Camp site Niokolo Koba and vicinity.

Road Baeza - Napo. Cosanga, 20 km S of Baeza. Partly deforested montane forest along muletrack to 3 km W of the village.

Road Alóag - Tandapi, W of the pass. Vertical rocks at the river cataract at junction of Río Tandapi and Río Pilatón.

Base of Volcán Sincholahua. Rocky slopes with grass and solitary higher shrubs in the ravines.

Páramo de Atacazo, just N of the southern antena of IETEL, 12 km from San Juan. Shrubby páramo.

Río Aguarico, W of Destacamento Zancudo at entrance of Río Zancudo. Tierra firme forest, very rich soil.

Road Loja - Zamora, app. km 10. Secondary montane forest on finca.

Parque Nacional Podocarpus. Above Nudo de Cajanuma around "Centro de información". Wet montane forest.

Approx. 6 km above Maldonado, just below Puente de Palo. Primary Montane Pluvial Forest, on steep slope and ridge crest above road.

Road Sigsig - Gualaquiza, app. 20 km from Sigsig. Mountain forest along river and on adjacent steep slopes. Soil temp.: 14° C.

Parque Nacional Cotopaxi, faldas N de Volcán Cotopaxi. Pajonal. Cuadrante 7.

Road Gualaceo - San Juan Bosco, c. 3 km W of pass. Paramo.

Isla Puná. El Placer, km 0-3 inland along path. Beach, lagune and semi-deciduous forest. Sea level.

N-facing ridge on the N side of Cerro Sumaco. Moist shrubby paramo, dominated by bryophytes.

Loja-Saraguro, at Loma del Oro turnoff towards Fierro Urcu, 9 km from turnoff.

Carretero Baeza - Quito, 5 km después de Cuyuja, hacienda Flor del Bosque, bosque nublado.

Road Quito-Baeza, 7-8 km NW of Laguna de Papallacta (Páramo de Guamaní). Flat boggy depression, adjacent bunch grass páramo and Polylepis-forest.

Eastern slopes of Volcán Pichincha above Quito. Shrub forest, much disturbed.

Road Lita-Urbina (under construction), km 38.8. Wet forest on slope along small river.

Parque Nacional Yasuní. Pozo Amo 2. Bosque húmedo tropical. Trocha hacia el Río Daymi.

Slopes of Guagra Urcu, on the loma above upper Río Borja. Elfin forest.

Reserva Faunistica Cuyabeno, north of Lagune Grande. Terre firme forest.

Road Loja - La Toma, km 20. Cerro Villonaco. Remnants of montane forest and paramo vegetation.

Comundad Shuar de Mutintz, faldas orientales de la cordillera del Cutucú. Bosque maduro.