^ Flora del Desierto de Atacama Archived at the Wayback Machine Retrieved March 30, 2013.^ The Desert in Bloom: A natural wonder Archived at archive.today Retrieved March 30, 2013.
^ Atacama Desert Atacama Desert, Mark McGinley Retrieved March 30, 2013. ^ The desert in bloom: a natural wonder Archived at archive.today ThisisChile.cl, 12 July 2010. ^ Desierto florido aumenta en 20% turistas en Región de Atacama Archived at the Wayback Machine Manuel Valencia, La Tercera, 24 September 2011. ^ Irrigation Water Management: Introduction to irrigation, RAINFALL AND EVAPOTRANSPIRATION Natural Resources Management and Environment Department, Retrieved March 30, 2013. ^ NOAA's El Niño Page Archived at the Wayback Machine Retrieved March 30, 2013. ^ Atacama Desert Retrieved March 30, 2013. ^ Flowering desert Archived at the Wayback Machine Published January 18, 2013, retrieved December 17, 2013. The other particularity is the green moss that appears. The particularity of the Lima desert bloom is that it goes all the way up to the highlands as the clouds get "stuck" and precipitate water. In the South and North of Lima, a desert bloom occurs between the months of September and November. In a single day in March 2015, parts of the area received 23 mm (0.91 in) of rain from El Niño, causing flowering in September and October 2015. For example, in 1997 the region experienced very high total rainfall, with 129.4 mm (5.09 in) of rain in Copiapó (978% above average) and 168.5 mm (6.63 in) in Vallenar (433% above average), but there was only minimal desert flowering. The phenomenon depends on above-average rainfall, but highly excessive rainfall can limit blooming. 
On October 2, 2022, the Desierto Florido National Park in 2023 was oficially announced. In June 2022 Copiapó passed a municipal decree establishing fines for those who damage the desert bloom. Comisión del Desierto Florido de la Región de Atacama was created in 1997, and re-launched in 2015, by the regional government of Atacama Region as an agency aimed to finds ways to protect the desert bloom.
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In response to this, the Chilean Government has established a series of prohibitions and controls, in addition to informative campaigns to the public, and especially to tourists, in order to limit the damage. Environmental organizations have suggested that these activities limit the potential for regeneration of the existing species. In recent years, concerns have been raised by environmental organizations about the potentially damaging effects of large numbers of tourists visiting the flowering desert, the illegal trade of native flower species, and the development of motorsport.
The region is also home to cacti, succulents and other examples of xerophilous plants, as well as animal species including the Tuco-tuco and the Four-Eyed Frog.
Pata de guanaco ( Cistanthe grandiflora). Some of the most common species include: The different species germinate at different times through the flowering desert period. The flowering desert involves more than 200 species of flower, most of them endemic to the Atacama region. Flowering desert in Barranquilla (2010), Atacama Region Plant and animal life
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