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W1RTH AND LEE PLATE 2 



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Top: V paramo meadow a1 Paramo de Purace, Colombia, sloping gradually to Lago Buey 

 at 3250 meters elevation (site 2. photo by Y. H. Lee)- Bottom: Margin of a paramo 

 meadow with frailejon plants (Espeletia sp.) prominent in the foreground at about 3000 

 meters. A slope with a thick foresl of low trees and brush is in the right background, the 

 ground covi red with a deep litter of branches, vines, mosses, etc. (site 3, photo by M. 

 Runs). 



