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Quebrada and western bank of Lago Micacocha. Paramo swamp.

Lake Lago Agrio. Forest on the banks of the lake.

Cordillera de los Llanganates. Shoulder of Cerro Hermoso, 1.5 km W of the summit. Swallenochloa and Lachemilla paramos.

Valle de Maldonado, km 67 on the road Tulcán - Maldonado. Montane forest.

N of San Marcos along small streams and trails in primary rain forest on terra firme. Ethnobot. inform.: Don Elias Taï.

Cumbe - Oña, km 34, new road. Heath vegetation. Dominated by Befaria and Lomatia.

Añangu, NW corner of the "Parque Nacional Yasuní". Along SEF line in terra firme forest, near Tiputini trail. Undisturbed rain forest.

Km 6 on new road Loja - Catamayo (La Toma). Around small pond and in dry shrub.

Road Chillogallo - Santo Domingo, below Chiriboga,16 km from the new road. Montane forest.

Yangana - Zumba road km 15-20 (northern slopes of Cordillera de Sabanilla). Patches of grassland in cloud forest zone.

Road Ibarra - Mariano Acosta, at the pass (Hda. Yura Cruz). Recently burnt and grazed páramo.

Crater of Pululahua. Montane forest; Siphocampylos giganteus zone.

Celica - Guachanamá, km 8 to km 19, crossing Cerro Motilon. Secondary shrub and roadside. Seasonally vegetation, dry months: july and august, wet months: january and february.

Río Cayapa, Zapallo Grande. 500 m upstream the village a trail on the opposite bank was followed into the forest. The forest change gradually from stongly disturbed to a rich primary forest.

Loja-Zamora 12 km from Loja, on the finca of Dr. David Espinosa. Information of vernacular names: Daniel Chalán Chartuche, Saraguro-indian.

Reserva Faunistica Cuyabeno. Río Cuyabeno from outlet of Laguna Grande and 5 km upstream. Tropical rain forest along mixed black- and white-water river.

Río Cayapa. Zapallo Grande. 1 km. upriver Río Zapallo Grande (tributary to Río Cayapa) a trail on the right bank was followed into the forest. Relatively undisturbed primary forest.

Pass between Otavalo and San José de las Minas. Rich montane forest.

Road El Paraiso - Saguangal, 11 km from El Paraiso. Tall montane rain forest, dominated by "Palo Largo". Soil temperature 21° C.

Trail from Mutints to Tunants. Primary and secondary rain forest.

ÊEl TundoË near Sozoranga.

Volcán Iliniza, NE slope below the refugio. Lee side of loma with bunchgrasses and shrubs.

Volcán Cayambe, southern slope of the volcanic cone, near road to refugio. Bunchgrass paramo.

Cerro Sumaco, loma 315 deg. of summit. Montane forest.

Puerto Francisco de Orellana (Coca), 17 km SW of the town at road along Río Napo. (Los Sorros). Tropical rain forest.

Road Otavalo - Selva Alegre, 5 km W of Hacienda Sigsicunga. Heavily grazed and burnt paramo.

Km 40-46 from El Carmelo on road towards La Bonita. Primary cloud forest.

Huaquillas. Dry thorn scrub forest dominated of Mimosaceae, Cactaceae, and Bromeliaceae.

Volcán Pichincha. Near Quito, Vía Occidental. Eucalyptus forest. Common families: Poaceae, Asteraceae and Fabaceae.

Trail going from the new Santa Domingo-Quito road into disturbed montane forest on steep slopes.

At Río Aguarico near San Pablo.

Parque Nacional Cotopaxi, cerca del limite SW. Quebrada con gramineas y arbusto dispersas.

Rd. Amaluza - Zumba (in construction), km 37. Paramo with cushion plants.

Río Onzolé, upstream from San Francisco de Onzolé. Pantanal.

Muletrack Sevilla de Oro - Méndez, eastern slope (E of Cerro Negro, El Castillo). Montane forest along muletrack.

Audebo

Km 107 S of Cuenca on Pan American Highway. Steep rocks with debris, very dry, dominated by a.o. Tillandsia medusa.

Llanganati. Ridge between Pan de Azucar and Las Torres de Llanganati. Cushion paramo dominated by Werneria humilis and Loricaria spp. Soil temperature 6.5° C.

Road Ambato - Guaranda, where new and old road meet. Dry area.

Vivinity of Orianga. Forest.

Parque Nacional Podocarpus. Above Nudo de Cajanuma, trail to Mirador. Montane forest below tree limit.

Parque Nacional Podocarpus. Around pass on road Loja-Zamora.

Cordillera de los Llanganatis. Cloud forest at Cerro Negro. Dominants: Tristerix, Rapanea, Espeletia, Neurolepis and Hesperomeles.

Páramo de Mariano Acosta, km 20 Yahuarcocha - Mariano Acosta

Yasuni Scientific Research Station. 1 km E of station. Tropical rainforest along ridge on terra firme.

Punta de Santa Elena, south coast with rocks and dunes, very dry.

Volcán Pasochoa. Above house of Fundacion Natura. Grass-fields, mountain-forest and paramo.

Km 33 Baeza - Tena road. Coordillera de Huacamayos. Relatively undisturbed cloud forest.

Near Estacion Servicio Forestal (ASA), Borbón. Rain forest.

N-side of Volcán Pichincha above Hacienda Yanacocha. Polylepis forest.