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Pico de Tancítaro Flora and Fauna
Protection Area covers 23,405 ha, ranging from 2,200 to 3,840 meters in elevation. The area was designated a national park on 27 July 1940, and redesignated a flora and fauna protection area on 19 August 2009. It is still widely known as Pico de Tancítaro National
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Mountain mesophilic forest, or cloud forest, is found on slopes between 2000 and 2600 meters elevation with high year-round humidity and frequent fog, particularly in ravines which offer year-round water and protection from drying winds and sun. Typical trees include
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Paredes, Julián & Cervantes-Martínez, Rosalinda & Trucíos, Ramón. (2013). "Reconstruction of Severe
Droughts in "Pico de Tancíntaro" National Park, Michoacán". Revista Chapingo Serie Zonas Áridas. XII. 57-62.
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Subalpine grasslands, known as
Zacatonal or zacatal, occur as low as 3000 meters elevation on outcrops of volcanic sandstone, and become predominant above 3400 meters elevation. Woodlands of
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Ruiz, Ignacio. (2002). Flora del Parque
Nacional Pico de Tancítaro, Michoacán. Secretaria de Urbanismo y Medio Ambiente, Gobierno del Estado de Michoacan de Ocampo.
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is a young volcano located 11 km northeast of Pico de Tancítaro. It first erupted in 1943 and remained active and grew in size until 1952.
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778:Categories
657:References
564:Ranunculus
560:Potentilla
540:Gnaphalium
452:Piperaceae
405:Cinnamomum
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544:Juniperus
524:Cerastium
494:Poa annua
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261:Parícutin
246:andesitic
234:Michoacán
230:Tancítaro
199:Volcanic
172:Michoacán
168:Tancítaro
123:Geography
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