Arid lowland scrub in northwest Peru. Photo: Segundo Crespo.

Arid Lowland Scrub

The arid lowland scrub includes a variety of plant communities generally composed of shrubs, scrub, grasses, cacti, and scattered small trees. The Arid lowland scrub is a vegetative cover of short stature that occurs throughout Tropical America. A sample of arid lowland scrub is found in the lowland desert from western Ecuador south to Ancash Peru. The “lomas” vegetation found on the west slope of the Andes of Peru and Chile also constitutes an example of arid lowland scrub.

Arid lowland scrub growing in dry conditions. Photo: Monica Romo.

 

Deciduous scrub on the foothill of northwest Peru. Photo: Alvaro Garcia Olaechea.

See more Neotropical bird habitats.

Reference:

---

Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation. Stotz Douglas F., Fitzpatrick John W., Parker Theodore A. III, and Moskovits Debra K. University of Chicago Press, 1996.