Flora

Acanthostyles buniifolius

Key Features

Habitat

Bosques

Taxonomic classification

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Tracheophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Family: Asteraceae

Genus: Acanthostyles

Where to Find It

This species has been recorded in the following biodiversity reserves:

Open landscape of grassland and native forest

Arroyo Lechiguana

A Southern Screamer walking through green grassland, a bird characteristic of the region's wetlands.

Arroyo Malo

Panoramic view of the reserve area

Barrancas Negras

View of the understorey with ferns and lush vegetation

Barrancas del Queguay

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Cascadas de Tacuarembó

A group of horses on the natural grassland at dusk, in a wide-open setting of great scenic value.

Cerro Agudo

A cluster of butiá palms growing on rocky outcrops

Cerro de los Chivos

Landscape of natural grasslands and plantation forest bathed in the golden light of sunset.

Cerro del Mortero

Hill forest with flat-topped hills and natural grassland at sunset

Cerros de Cañas

Rock formation covered with native forest, with grasslands and hills in the background

Cerros de Tacuarembó

Coladeras Wetland

Coladeras

Native forest and palm trees

Coquimbo

Sandy shoreline with native vegetation

Costas del Río Negro

A quiet pool surrounded by native vegetation, with reflections on the water

Cueva del Tigre

Wind-formed sand patterns with scattered vegetation in the background

Dunas del Tacuarembó

River and marshlands panorama

Esteros y Algarrobales del Río Uruguay

Trail among the rocks

La Peñarrosa

Green hillside with shadows of native trees and rocky outcrops in the background, a landscape characteristic of Lambaré.

Lambaré

A watercourse running between rocks and native vegetation in the forest.

Las Tunas

Panoramic view of the grassland with native shrubland and forest in the background

Los Capuchinos

Birds in flight over a lagoon

Mafalda Este

Butiá palms silhouetted against the sky above natural grassland

Palmares de Mellizos

Palm groves and open grassland

Palmares de las Cañas

Palmares del Cuico

Scattered yatay palms in the natural grassland at La Trinidad

Palmares del Río Negro

Parada Arteaga

Panoramic view of the Río Negro with riparian forests along both banks

Paso del Yapeyú

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Pastizales del Basalto

Stream and wetland

Pastizales del Litoral

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Quiebrayugos

General landscape of the native forest at El Rosario

Román Grande

Horses on natural grassland

Serranías de Polanco

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Sierra de Ríos

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Viraroes

Panoramic view of the reserve area

Yerbal

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