neilmac Jul 7, 2011:

DLyons' Hacienda seems to be nearest the mark so far regarding the origin of the name, which would endorse Liz. I can't really "agree" since I don't know...

DLyons Jul 6, 2011:

Hacienda "La Bretaña" There were some scientific studies done around this location in Ecuador. I suppose one might call that a "bretañal"?

liz askew Jul 6, 2011:

I think it is Ecuador.

DLyons Jul 6, 2011:

I'm confused This is the grassland area (Poaceae) of the cloud forest about 2,500m high. However bretaña is a hyacinth and I don't know of any zone that could reasonably be called a bretañal.

In Peru, it seems like this zone would be just above the yunga. That's sometimes called the "Quechua zone".

What country are we talking about here?

Might this be "puna" containing hyacinth species?

Muriel Vasconcellos Jul 6, 2011:

@ Tanya That link worked perfectly.

liz askew Jul 6, 2011:

Thank you!....don't know how you made it that easy to reach this link.

Taña Dalglish Jul 6, 2011:

@ Liz Here is another link:
http://sierrazulecuador.com/pdf/cloudforest.pdf
b.) Bretañal: Herbaceous community that grows on gently undulating terrain. The Poaceae species is dominant. HTH!

liz askew Jul 6, 2011:

Or

try and open this link, then open the first site:
http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&xhr=t&q=bretañal Cloud Forest...

traductorchile Jul 6, 2011:

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liz askew Jul 6, 2011:

BTW,this is the only incidence of "bretanal" that I found, albeit on a translated site....therein lies the difficulty, however if the original name is kept, the rest of the text describes what it actually is.

liz askew Jul 6, 2011:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:toAZi_39VEMJ:sier...

Muriel Vasconcellos Jul 6, 2011:

@Liz I would like to see your reference, but for some reason it's inaccessible to me. I've had that problem before with references that you post. I'm wondering if there's some other way you can share the information.