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Savannah-like areas exist in the drier regions nearer the Andes. Aquatic plants thrive in the wetlands of Argentina. In central Argentina the humid pampas are a true tallgrass prairie ecosystem. [1] In Argentina forest cover is around 10% of the total land area, equivalent to 28,573,000 hectares (ha) of forest in 2020, down from 35,204,000 ha ...
The fossil record documents the complete sequence of animal and plant life over about 50 million years. The findings include the early dinosaurs such as the Eoraptor, reptiles, amphibians, ancestors of mammals, and fish. At least 100 plant species have been identified as well. This offers a unique insight into the life of the Triassic. [11]
This is a list of the native mammal species recorded in Argentina. As of January 2020, the list contains 402 mammal species from Argentina , of which one is extinct, seven are critically endangered, seventeen are endangered, sixteen are vulnerable, and thirty are near threatened.
The following is a list of ecoregions in Argentina defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests. Magellanic subpolar forests; Valdivian temperate forests; Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. Argentine Espinal; Argentine Monte; Humid Pampas; Patagonian grasslands; Patagonian steppe; Semi-arid ...
The Valdivian rainforest region in Southern Chile and parts of Argentina is one of the only temperate forests on the continent. ... Animals that face extinction by 2100. Show comments. Advertisement.
The diversity of animals in the Andes is high, with almost 600 species of mammals (13% endemic), more than 1,700 species of birds (about 1/3 endemic), more than 600 species of reptiles (about 45% endemic), and almost 400 species of fish (about 1/3 endemic). [2]
Argentina is the third biggest producer of cellulose pulp in Latin America. As of 2005, Argentina produced 1.5 million tons. The major plants are located in Misiones and they use pinewood as their raw material. The most important plants in this region are Alto Paraná S.A. and Papel Misionero S.A.
These pages relate to the flora of Argentina. In the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, "Argentina" is not a distribution unit, being divided into: Flora of Northeast Argentina; Flora of Northwest Argentina; Flora of South Argentina