Table 8. Forest species and altitude range Common name 3,001 - 4,000 masl
2,001 - 3,000 masl
Scientific name
Yagual
Polylepis racemosa
Yagual
Polylepis sericea
Yagual Yagual
Polylepis racemosa Polylepis incana
Yagual
Polylepis reticulata
Colle Pumamaqui Quishuar
Buddleja coriacea Oreopanax sp. Buddleja incana
Porotón
Erythrina edulis
Sacha capulí
Vallea stipularis
Arrayán Laurel de cera Cedro Yalomán
Myrcianthes rophaliodes Morella pubescens Cedrela montana Delostoma integrifolium
0 - 2,000 masl Nogal
Juglans neotropica
Cholán Tara
Tecoma stans Caesalpinia spinosa
Aliso
Alnus acuminata
Molle
Schinus molle
Faique
Acacia macracantha
made at strategic sites in the MDQ. Between 2009 and 2013 interventions covering approximately 2,585 ha were made as a result of the partnership between Fonag and the Secretary of the Environment. Additionally, in the period 2010-2012 with the implementation of the Areas Affected by Forest Fires Recovery Plan (AAFFRP) it was possible to plant a total of 416,148 trees covering an area of approximately 500 ha. The Zonal Administrations participated in this plan, under different modalities of intervention and financing: forestation contracts, workshops with local populations and students, and projects funded by the Environmental Fund or by the Secretary of the Environment’s budget.
Between 2013 and 2015, 920,160 trees were planted in an area of approximately 1,000 ha. During 2016, up to the month of 3,600 - 3,800 April a total of 66,638 trees covering an 3,600 - 3,800 3,600 - 3,800 area of 76.25 ha were planted. 3,600 - 3,800 In summary, it is estimated that from 3,600 - 3,800 2009 to 2016, the Secretary of the Environment intervened in approximately 2,800 - 3,900 4,161.25 ha, located in strategic and 2,500 - 4,000 priority sites within the MDQ. 2,500 - 2,800 Importantly, the Secretary of the En2,300 - 3,200 vironment created a registration system 2,200 - 4,000 of forest plantations in order to monitor 2,100 - 3,300 the recovery process of vegetation cover. 2,000 - 3,400 In addition to the records, the reforest2,000 - 3,200 ation sites have also been logged using 2,000 - 3,000 georeferencing. 1,900 - 2,500 Table 8 shows the altitudinal rang1,600 - 2,900 es and the main species used in these 1,000 - 3,000 processes for the recovery of vegetation 900 - 3,500 cover. 0 - 3,000 Moreover, concerning forest planta0 - 2,000 tions of rapidly growing exotic species, the Novopan company of Ecuador has more than 3,600 ha of Pinus radiato and Eucaliptus sp, distributed in different projects belonging to the organization: Itulcachi, San José, Tulugchi, Barrancas, New Aurora and Corrales, as well as others established in the form of agreements, one of these is with INIAP in south Quito. Novopan fully utilizes raw material from the management of private plantations (pruning and thinning) and byproducts from the timber industry. According to the vegetation map for the MDQ (2013), 7,743 ha are within the category of cultivated vegetation: broadleaf, including eucalyptus plantations in adulthood and regrowth, which are located in the peripheral area of Quito and the valleys, predominantly on the slopes of Pichincha, and 1,524 ha such as cultivated vegetation of coniferous: pine and cypress.
Altitude range (masl)
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