park chicaque

   PARK CHICA QUE

 CHICA QUE  is a cloud forest of 244 acres with 10 miles of nature trails that traverse gorges crystal pure water sources, oaks and native vegetation in danger of extinction45 minutes from Bogotá
Location and Access to the Reserve: The reserve is located southwest of the savannah of Bogota in Cundinamarca department, municipality of San Antonio del Tequendama, Township of Santandercito. It covers an area of ​​approximately 244 hectares. From Bogota via Mosquera reached 21 kilometers or on the road to 11 kilometers Soacha.
  Altitude (range): 2100 to 2700 meters.
  Average temperature: 16 degrees Celsius.
  Ecosystems in the reserve: In the area of ​​the Natural Reserve of Civil Society Chicaque Mountains Natural Park is dominated by a large matrix forest, whose conservation is mainly due to the steep topography that limits land use and impedes the progress of penetration corridors. Forests are associated to the most outstanding. In the outer areas are high percentages of shrubs, grasslands that are the product of human influence.
Chicaque Natural Park is nestled in a mosaic characterized by relatively large areas of pasture, generally dedicated to livestock and crops diverse and urbanized areas to the bottom and in areas surrounding the Park.Towards the top of the park is the Integrated Management District Salto del Cerro Manjui Tequendama and there is a wooded cord at the top of the mountains surrounding the park, which is a corridor for some wildlife species. There are also neighbors who still have patches of forest that communicate with Chicaque Natural Park and are also interested in conservation, however, in general, landscape connectivity is very low and here is the characteristic fragmentation general as with the rest of the Andean forests.
In the reserve there are four vegetation types: herbaceous vegetation (grass), shrubs (ferns and shrubs), forest vegetation (cloud forest, secondary forest and mixed oak forests and gaques) and lacustrine vegetation (shrubs of flooded areas ) Forest cover is the largest (79.05%) The patch is introduced herbaceous cover, shrub cover is distributed in patches of any disturbance (such as landslides and fallen trees) or chronic anthropogenic (eg selective logging)
 

Flora and Fauna in the reserve, the park's wildlife has been little studied. The most studied taxonomic group of birds is highlighted as being in danger toucan (Aulacorhynchus prasinus), guan (Penelope montagnii), the tinamou (Nothocercus julius), pigeon (Claravis Mondetour) cotinga (Pachyramphus versicolor) and hummingbird (Coeligena prunellei), the latter being endemic to the area. Have been reported 15 species of hummingbirds.
Regarding mammals: There have been 20 species of mammals: Agouti taczanowsky, spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), deer (Mazama americana), mountain cats (Felis yaguarondi), nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) comedrejas (Mustela sp .) opossums (Didelphis albiventris), night monkeys (Aotus lemurinus), two-toed sloths bears (Choloepus hoffmanni), squirrels (Sciurus granatensis) and rabbits (Sylvilagus sp.). Of reptiles have been reported Anadia gender, Anolis, Iguana, Pryoctoporus, Stenocercus, Phenacosaurus. Among the snakes are Atractus gender, Liophys, Chironius monticola and Lampropeltis triangulum.There are also coral mipartirus Micrurus.
As amphibians are present genera Hyla, Bufo and Eleutherodactylus. Arthropod studies have been conducted dung beetles and identified the following species: Dichotomius Achaman, D. Sulcatus, Ontherus brevicollis, Uroxys caucanus, U. Coarctatus, Canthon politus, Canthidium sp. And Cryptocanthon altus.
Regarding the flora, so far identified 630 species of plants for the Park, 121 families and 275 genera (467 dicots, 82 monocots, 77 ferns and gymnosperms 9) found 20 species in some category of risk, including highlighting 17 orchids, two of which (Telipogon sp. And Myoxanthus sp.) are in a state of extinction. The most representative families are Asteraceae (30) and Orchidaceae (22). The genera Ficus wealthiest (7) and Anthurium (7)
Other species of terrestrial orchid habitats are at risk are Xilobium aff. Lycaste Corrugatum and aff. Ciliata
  Production Systems in the Reserve: Currently in the Park established agricultural systems are not yet integrated farm is projected to serve ecotourism, the main production system in the park.