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Mortiño 
Sangregado Mortiño
Mortiño (Hesperomeles goudotiana)
It is also known as True Mortiño or Espino from Paramo. Hesperomeles goudotiana is a shrub or small tree belonging to the Rosaceae family. This species is native to the Andean region, it is found between 2600 meters above sea level and 3700 meters above sea level in the departments of Boyacá, Cesar, Cundinamarca and Santander. (UNAL, 2022).
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPECIES
It is a species of great importance in Andean forest restoration processes because it attracts large numbers of birds and dispersing insects both for the attractiveness of its flowers and its fruits. It is also a primary species that adapts well to degraded and nutrient-poor soils.
ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
It is a species of great importance in Andean forest restoration processes because it attracts large numbers of birds and dispersing insects both for the attractiveness of its flowers and its fruits. It is also a primary species that adapts well to degraded and nutrient-poor soils.
ASSOCIATED FAUNA IN THE AREA
( Red-crested Cotinga, Ampelion rubrocristatus)
As already mentioned, this species is widely visited by various species of birds, insects and even mammals, however, there is a bird that frequently visits the mortiño to feed on its fruits, this bird is the Red-crested Cotiga whose scientific name corresponds to Ampelion rubrocristatus , very common in humid forest ecosystems.
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