FLORA AND FAUNA

The vegetation is formed by grassy plants adapted to the cold weather. The frailejones forest is the most remarkable item of the reserve. The Aliso is another species that grows in this area, mainly, in the higher zones of Canyacu and Huarmayacu, in the sector of La Carbonera.

The romerillo and the colorado play an important part in the ecosystem, since they accumulate rain water. The chuquiragua, typical bush of the moors (or "puna") also grows in this higher area. Medicinal plants as the chilca, the mortio, the sigse, the sangre de grado, the dormidera and the sunto are also present.

The lagoons of El Angel are known for the abundance of rainbow trouts. Trouts have been introduced in Ecuador and after some years they have displaced the preadilla.

In the Lagoons of El Voladero, Crespo and Curiquingue, different species of birds as dotted ducks, moor doves and patillos ae abundant.

Rabbits, wolves and deer are the mammals of the ecological reserve.

Visiting this reserve is getting to know a unique place, where the lagoons and the moor with its fraijelones forest, transform these Ecuadorian places into unforgettable memories.