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A plant with red flowers in Ecuador
About this photograph
- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- 1991
- Location
- Otavalo, Ecuador
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2006. Terms of use
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A plant heavy with red flowers droops low to the ground.
While Ecuador is becoming increasingly industrialized, it is not hard to find amazing displays of colorful flora in the country. The range of ecosystems —from coastal lowlands to Andean highlands to Amazonian rainforest— means that Ecuador is one of the most biological diverse countries in the world.
