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paramo


pa·ra·mo

(pä′rə-mō′, păr′ə-) or pá·ra·mo (pä′rə-)n. pl. pa·ra·mos or pá·ra·mos A treeless alpine plateau of the tropical Andes.
[American Spanish páramo, from Spanish, wasteland, from Old Spanish, from Latin paramus, probably from a pre-Roman language of the Iberian Peninsula.]

paramo

(ˈpærəˌməʊ) n, pl -mos (Physical Geography) a high plateau in the Andes between the tree line and the permanent snow line[C18: American Spanish, from Spanish: treeless plain]

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paramo

[′pär·ə‚mō] (ecology) A biological community, essentially a grassland, covering extensive high areas in equatorial mountains of the Western Hemisphere.

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high-mountain evergreen vegetation of the Equatorial Andes of Central and South America. Paramos are found at elevations from 3,000 to 4,500 m. They consist of sparse stands of low trees (2–5 m tall), chiefly pines and yuccas (mostly of the family Compositae). The herbaceous cover includes caespitose xerophyllic grasses with some pulvinate and rosette plants.

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