puna

Extensions into Ecuador, and southern portions of this ecoregion in Peru which are classified as "puna" on the aforementioned map were determined from expert opinion at a priority setting workshop of Andean ecoregions.

Cordillera Central páramo 2007

In Peru we followed the classification of Instituto Geográfico Nacional, and linework follows their "puna" ecoregion.

Central Andean wet puna 2007

The short breathing from the rarefied atmosphere is called by the Chilenos "puna;" and they have most ridiculous notions concerning its origin.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

The short breathing from the rarefied atmosphere is called by the Chilenos "puna;" and they have most ridiculous notions concerning its origin.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

There is now and then a twinkle of humor in Darwin's eyes, as when he says that in the high altitude of the Andes the inhabitants recommend onions for the "puna," or shortness of breath, but that he found nothing so good as fossil shells.

The Last Harvest John Burroughs 1879

The short breathing from the rarefied atmosphere is called by the Chilenos "puna;" and they have most ridiculous notions concerning its origin.

The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845

So in short then excuse the puna supremely gifted womanising piano player who was always planning schemes to make that extra buck.

Strange but True case of the lifelong gambler Chico Marx | Obsessed With Film 2010

However, the puna and parámo grasslands that extend from the cloud forests to the snow line are still very diverse, harboring as many as 800 species, many of these local endemics.

Biological diversity in the Tropical Andes 2009

At higher altitudes, seasonal burning, grazing, agriculture, mining, and fuelwood collection have degraded the grasslands and scrublands of the puna and páramos.

Biological diversity in the Tropical Andes 2009

These ecosystems include the páramo, a dense alpine vegetation growing on a thick mat of sponge-like, highly absorbent mosses and grasses in the cold, humid reaches of the northern Andes, and the drier puna, characterized by alpine bunchgrass species surrounded by herbs, grasses, sedges, lichens, mosses and ferns in the cold but dry southern Tropical Andes.

Biological diversity in the Tropical Andes 2009