From Vallenar to La Serena

We drive from Vallenar to La Serena on Ruta 5 - also known as the "Panamerican highway". We see no cacti on the long way to Domeyko. The climate is obviously more humid in this region and the landscape is fairly green. When we reach El Trapiche we see the first species of Copiapoa coquimbata. In this sort of more friendly climate the plants don't have white waxy epidermis which, up north, protect the plants from the solar radiation and minimise their evaporation. Further ahead we also find Miqueliopuntia miquelii , Oxalis gigantea and Nolana rupicola with nice flowers.

We drive from Vallenar to La Serena on Ruta 5 - also known as the "Panamerican highway". We see no cacti on the long way to Domeyko. The climate is obviously more humid in this region and the landscape is fairly green. When we reach El Trapiche we see the first species of Copiapoa coquimbata. In this sort of more friendly climate the plants don't have white waxy epidermis which, up north, protect the plants from the solar radiation and minimise their evaporation. Further ahead we also find Miqueliopuntia miquelii , Oxalis gigantea and Nolana rupicola with nice flowers.


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