Yunga Forest or High Jungle
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Yunga Forests or High Jungle
The Yunga starts at 500 or 800 meters, up to the limit with the pajonal at 3500 meters.
500 meters has 1500 m.s.n.m Montane Forest, 1500 to 2500 m.s.n.m. Forest
Montano and 2500 to 3500 m.a.s.l. High montane forest.
There are 3 ecosystems because when ascending from the lower part to the upper part, the height
from the trees is decreasing, because mainly the temperature is dropping, the
Rain can be the same in the 3 ecosystems, in the lower part it starts with 30.
meters in height and as it goes up to the mountain it reaches 20 or 25 meters, and
In the montane forest, its height is less than 10 meters.
The thickness of the trunk is 1 meter in diameter at the trunk, and at the highest part above.
it reaches 15 to 20 centimeters, at the bottom it is straight and tall, at the high mountain it is
twisted, squat. ](this is called physiognomy) their leaves are green, the flora already
herbaceous sea, epiphyte, palm trees, varies, the number of species are not the same.
The soils can be the same, the slopes can be the same, it is the
rainiest ecosystem, it has a lot of humidity.
There are forests with fog almost every day.
The crowns are not well formed, the trunks in the Yunga Forest or High Jungle are covered.
almost entirely of mosses, lichens, that cover almost the whole trunk, are also
covered by epiphytes.
Humidity quickly enters through the leaves
We see the red leaves, which belong to the bromeliad family, they are epiphytic, they are very extracted from
this bromeliad in the ornamental market
Orchids, there are hundreds of species of orchids that grow there, that stick to the trunk to
side of coverage of mosses and lichens.
There are yunga palm trees, which are tall palm trees, they are rare because palm trees are
tropical palms that like high temperatures, there are a large number of palms in the
low forest.
There are also ferns, 5 meters high, which are also used in decoration.
These species are on the list of endangered species, which are being protected.
We have the strong devil, which there are not many.
Here twisted trees dominate
Walnut, the fruit is not eaten, but its wood is very valuable.
The Cinchona has many alkaloids that combat malaria, many types of fever.
Because they are so valuable, man begins to extract them hard.
Provision of medicinal plants
Wood provision
Provision of ornamental plants
I see a spectacled bear eating some bromeliads, logs with moss.
I see a recreation service for bear watching, bird watching, hummingbird watching.
I see a nocturnal bird which is the wacharo that lives in the caves, there is plenty of it in this yunca.
caves, in the caves they enter to see bats, which is suitable for tourism, to look at
birds or watching hummingbirds
I see a hummingbird that has like 2 wide tails, they call it the wonderful hummingbird or the hummingbird.
spatula that only exists in these Amazon mountains, would be endemic to these areas in the
high jungles of the Yunga.
Many people walk through the forests to see hummingbirds or spectacled bears.
In the foggy forest, the yellow-tailed monkey finds refuge, it is heavily hunted by
the population for its meat which is exquisite, as it is a monkey it is very corpulent and its flavor of
meat differs from the others.
These species are on the threat list, such as the spectacled bear, the hummingbird, the woolly monkey.
of yellow tail.
In the forests, due to the dense coverage of the canopies, of the trees with quite a few epiphytes,
with a lot of moss covering the entire trunk, very dense forest and with ground covered with
a lot of organic material, being the rainiest area, this rain that falls is intercepted by
the tree canopies, the epiphytes, are intercepted by these, they become receivers of the
heavy rains, and then it drains, it falls down the trunk, until it reaches the ground.
a lot of obstacles, and it says that when falling to the ground, it falls with a lot of filter and is retained. So that means it is
