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Parque Nacional de Cajas, WNW of Cuenca. Upper scrub forest along the road.

Cotopaxi National Park, NW slopes of Volcan Cotopaxi. Alpine heath with sparse low open vegetation.

Rd. La Toma - El Tambo, km 10. Xerophytic vegetation with cacti.

Volcan Pichincha, along road to the antennas. Open scrub, Eucalyptus-plantations.

Añangu, Río Napo. Trail westward from CEPE buildings to the igapó forest, close to Río Añangu. Mostly terra firme.

San Pablo de los Secoyas. Collections near the village.

At Lago Yahuarcocha, dry slopes.

Vicinity of Comunidades, app. 14 km S of Vilcabamba. Vertical cliffs with xerophytic vegetation close to river. Also secondary vegetation bordering agricultural fields.

East of pass Alao - Huamboya.

Road N of Mera, toward Río Anzu, km 6.7. Disturbed forest remnant and open Solanum quitense plantation.

Río Panteor SW of Borja. Rocky outcrops.

Harz.

Llanganati. Cushion paramo just below summit of Pan de Azucar, dominated by Werneria humilis, Lycopodium crassum and columnar Lachemilla. Soil temperature 6.5° C.

Cuenca, 5 km on the road to Cañar. Semiarid area with eucalyptus trees, on stony E-facing slope.

Arabia petraea

Cerro Yanguán NE of Pindilig. Scrub forest.

Mutintz, SE of Makuma, ca. 1 km along trail to Tunantza. Secondary forest, ca 25 years old, on flat terrain.

San Luis and vicinity, ca 10 km S of Macas E of Río Upano

Río Santiago at Concepción. Riverside forest.

In the Colorado community "Congoma Grande" at km. 23 on the Santa Domingo - Puerto Limón road. Ravine with forest remnants, some tall trees cut.

Hacieñda Piedad, Balzar.

Valley of Río Oyacachi, ca 10 km along road W of El Chaco, trail along river to Río San Juan Grande. Remnants of tall forest.

Road from Nudo de Cajanuma to the Gate of Parque Nacional Podocarpus. Roadsides and secondary heath vegetation.

Comunidad Canelos, trail Yanapuma-Uamacurcu, ca. 4.5 km S of Yanapuma. Rain forest.

Puyo.

Km 18 on old road El Angel - Tulcan. Paramo near El Voladero.

Along road Tena - Baeza between Sarayuacu and Cosanga. Roadslopes and cloud-forest.

Dindéfélo SW of Kedougou. On plateau-mountain.

Pumpuentza. Semicultivated areas near the village.

Parque Nacional Podocarpus. E. of Nudo de Cajanuma, just N. of "Centro de Información". Wet montane forest. Sample plot site.

Forest of La Magdalena (Mandurial), on S-facing slopes just N of Río Guayllabamba, opposite Hda. Conquista, E of Saguangal. Tall montane forest.

Nakskov

Along trail Saraguro - Yacuambi. At camp-site between first and second pass.

Road Guayllabamba - Tabacundo at bridge crossing Río Pisque. Riverside and dry steppe.

Hacienda Banderones, which is 2 hours walk from km 5 on road El Limo-Casaderos

Road Zamora-Romerillo, 1-1.5 km N of Romerillo. Forested stream ravines.

Páramo de Guamani, app. 5 km. W of Paso de la Virgen. Polylepis forest, partly burned.

18 km south of Yangana on the road under construction from Loja to Zumba. Moist cloud forest on rocky slopes.

Parque Nacional Podocarpus, S of Loja. Mountain crest with low scrub, above "Centro de Información", E of Nudo de Cajanuma.

Pacoa, 10 km N of San Pablo. Beach area with dunes and hollows.

Río Napo, Chiroisla. Riverside rain forest with Cecropia.

Su-tchuen oriental. District de Tchen-Kéou-Tin.

Baños - Mera road, ca. 30 km from Mera. Mountain forest along creek.

Parque Nacional Podocarpus. At new road Loja - Zamora, under construction, c. 2 km E of the pass.

Road Quito - Baeza, 1 km along take-off road to telecommunication antenna in the pass (Páramo de Guamaní). Bunch grass páramo and boggy páramo. Scrub in protected places.

Volc. Antisana, between Camparmento IMAP and Laguna Micacocha. Moist and dry grass-parámo, swamps around the lake.

Santa María, a mixed black and Cayapa Amerindian community along Río Cayapa. Pastures and disturbed vegetation.

Volcán Pichincha, the eastern slopes above Quito. Scrub with solitary large trees and paramo-like areas.

Prachin Buri

Mutintz, SE of Makuma, ca. 1 km W of village (Turuji Nein). Mature tall forest on rocky slope.