Alnus tree forest. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina Buenos Aires city Costanera Sur Reserve area The Alnus tree Tessaria integrifolia is a species that grows near water streams in del Plata Basin It is a colonizing species It grows in areas that other plants find difficult to develop therefore it is one of the first tree species to appear in places like sedimentery islands and new riverbeds The photo shows a typical alnus tree woodland in the Costanera Sur Reserve in Buenos Aires city El Aliso de Rio Tessaria integrifolia es una especie que crece cerca de los cauces de rios en la Cuenca del Plata Es una especie colonizadora es decir que es una de las primeras especies en aparecer y desarrollarse en lugares poco aptos para otras plantas como los bancos de arena del frente del Delta del Parana Esta foto es de un bosque en la region pampeana Costanera Sur is a reserve area created in 1987 by the city government in Buenos Aires city It encompasses pampas environments that appeared in what was once the River Plate bed as a result of failed urbanization projects The area got abandoned and nature started to work In a couple of years by mid 1980 s the 350 ha showed a wide variety of birds and reptiles and some small mammals that colonized the new ponds Plants reptiles and mammals came on floating vegetation during floods More than 250 birds species have been spotted in the area that is located only 15 blocks away from downtown Buenos Aires
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Location: Buenos Aires city, Argentina
Photo credit: © Christian Ostrosky / Alamy / Afripics
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