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Photography from Bolivia, Chile, Peru and elsewhere in South America.

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Yareta plants

Yareta (or llareta, Azorella compacta) is a member of the Apiaceae family (the same as celery and parsley), though it looks more like a moss. It is an evergreen plant and found in the dry puna grasslands and high altitude deserts of Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile and northern Argentina, usually above 3200m / 10,500ft. Due to the cold, dry climate in those regions it is very slow growing (up to 1.5cm / year), meaning the largest plants can be over 3000 years old. Traditionally they have been used by local people for fuel, a practice that is often unsustainable due to their slow growth rate.

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Yareta plant (Azorella compacta) and Parinacota volcano, Lauca National Park, Region XV, Chile
Yareta plant (Azorella compacta) and Parinacota volcano, Lauca National Park, Region XV, Chile
Yareta plants (Azorella compacta) and Nevados de Putre / Taapaca volcano, Lauca National Park, Region XV, Chile
Yareta plants (Azorella compacta) and Nevados de Putre / Taapaca volcano, Lauca National Park, Region XV, Chile
Yareta plants (Azorella compacta), Lake Chungará and Guallatiri volcano in background, Lauca National Park, Region XV, Chile
Yareta plants (Azorella compacta), Lake Chungará and Guallatiri volcano in background, Lauca National Park, Region XV, Chile
Yareta plants (Azorella compacta) and ridge of volcanic black sand, Lauca National Park, Region XV, Chile
Yareta plant (Azorella compacta) and ridge of volcanic black sand in background, Lauca National Park, Region XV, Chile
Yareta plant (Azorella compacta), Guallatiri volcano in background, Las Vicuñas National Reserve, Region XV, Chile
Yareta plant (Azorella compacta), Guallatiri volcano in background, Las Vicuñas National Reserve, Region XV, Chile
Yareta plant (Azorella compacta), Guallatiri volcano in background, Las Vicuñas National Reserve, Region XV, Chile
Yareta plant (Azorella compacta) in desert, Las Vicuñas National Reserve, Region XV, Chile
Yareta plant (Azorella compacta) in desert, Las Vicuñas National Reserve, Region XV, Chile
Yareta plants (Azorella compacta) and tola bushes (Parastrephia lepidophylla) on hillside, Las Vicuñas National Reserve, Regi...
Yareta plants (Azorella compacta) and tola bushes (Parastrephia lepidophylla) on hillside, Las Vicuñas National Reserve, Regi...
Stone cairns with crosses on hilltop and yareta plants (Azorella compacta), Guallatiri volcano in background, Las Vicuñas Nat...
Stone cairns with crosses on hilltop and yareta plant (Azorella compacta), Guallatiri volcano in background, Las Vicuñas Nati...
Eroded lava rock formations, yareta plant (Azorella compacta) and Cerro Caquella volcano, North Lípez Province, Bolivia
Eroded lava rock formations, yareta plant (Azorella compacta) and Cerro Caquella volcano, North Lípez Province, Bolivia
Eroded lava rock formations, yareta plant (Azorella compacta) and Cerro Caquella volcano, North Lípez Province, Bolivia
Yareta plants ( Azorella compacta ) growing on eroded rock outcrop , Siloli Desert , Bolivia
Yareta plants ( Azorella compacta ) growing on eroded rock outcrop , Siloli Desert , Bolivia
Yareta plant ( Azorella compacta ) on hillside and Cerro Chuquiananta volcano , Region XV , Chile
Yareta plant ( Azorella compacta ) on hillside and Cerro Chuquiananta volcano , Region XV , Chile
View over Salar de Surire and yareta plant ( Azorella compacta ) , Region XV , Chile
View over Salar de Surire and yareta plant ( Azorella compacta ) , Region XV , Chile
View over Salar de Surire and yareta plant ( Azorella compacta ) in foreground , Region XV , Chile
View over Salar de Surire and yareta plant ( Azorella compacta ) Region XV , Chile
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