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Ephedra americana

Synonyms: Ephedra americana var. humboldtii; Ephedra peruviana (homotypic)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Structure [2]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
El Rey National Park II 110298 Salta, Argentina

Predators

Hippocamelus antisensis (Peruvian guemal)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3"Botanical composition of taruka (Hippocamelus antisensis) diet during rainy season in Huascaran National Park, Peru", C. Gazzolo, Advances in Deer Biology Praha 2006 Luděk Bartoš, Adam Dušek, Radim Kotrba, Jitka Bartošová-Víchová (Editors), p. 216
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0