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The Andes, which cuts across countless valleys that run down to
the coast on one side and down to the jungle on the other,
have made it possible for wildlife to adapt to a series of
eco-systems by developing survival strategies.
The department of Tumbes features a tropical forest inhabited
by plants from other regions, such as the cedar and fig trees
as well as other species native to the Amazon forests such
as the ceibo and guayacan, also found in the Equatorial dry
forest. What is more, the forest also features several species
of bromelias and fillandsias not to be found anywhere else
in the country. Access to the Tumbes jungle is via a dirt
road that runs out of the city of Tumbes itself.
The dry forest, located in the departments of Tumbes, Piura
and Lambayeque, enjoys a dry, warm climate, with rains during
summer, which favors the growth of abundant and unique plantlife.
This territory features species such as the Begonia (Begonia
pleioetala), the Cardenal (Euphorbia cotinifolia) and wild
grenadine (Passiflora tenella).
In the Andes, regions between 1,000 and 3,500 meters are transit
areas, where for topographical and climactic reasons, flowers
from the valleys and highland plain grow alongside each other.
The area features a large diversity of wild species from the
tiny yareta flower (Azorella yareta) to the teeming clumps
of flowers on the Puya Raimondi (Puya raimondii), delicate
porporos (Passiflora trifoliata) or the colorful chochos (lupinus
mutabilis).
Peru's cloud forests, between 2,000 and 3,000 masl, are home
to the rarest flowers on Earth, including the bromelia (Aechmia
SP) or giant begonia (Begonia sp.). There are several cloud
forest regions in Peru, including the Chanchamayo Valley in
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