Selva de Florencia National Natural Park

Selva de Florencia National Park or Parque Nacional Natural Selva de Florencia is a place in Colombia.  It is the only piece of Andean rainforest in Colombia's coffee belt, or place full of coffee farms. This park is important because it is in a place where colder places meet warmer places and because it is the only piece of forest left for a long way.

History
This park was made in 2003. Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia runs the park. The forest used to cover 9.6% of the Andes area, but now only a tiny bit is left. The forest in the park is very like the old forest that was there before human beings cut it down.

Plants

The park has more than 458 different kinds of plants in it. Scientists named two of these plants for the park: Guzmania betancurii and Meriania selvaflorensis.

Animals
Many different kinds of animals live in this park. At least twenty-seven threatened species live in the park, critically endangered, endangered, and vulnerable. There are rain frogs, poison frogs, and glass frogs. Here are some:

Andinobates daleswansoni
Atelopus sonsonensis
Pristimantis fetosus
Pristimantis tribulosus
Pristimantis actinolaimus
Pristimantis lichenoides
Pristimantis torrenticola
Pristimantis veletis 
Nymphargus spilotus

Here are some birds that live in the park:

Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
Odontophorus hyperythrus
Melanerpes pulcher
Habia cristata
Habia gutturalis
Atlapetes flaviceps
Capito hypoleucus
Cercomacroides parkeri
Ortalis colombiana
Picumnus granadensis
Scytalopus stilesi
Chlorochrysa nitidissima
Capito hypoleucus
Scytalopus stilesi
Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
Atlapetes flaviceps
Chlorochrysa nitidissima

Here are some animals with fur that live in the park:

Xenarthra
Bears
Armadillos
Foxes
Coatis
Alouatta seniculus
Aotus lemurinus
Saguinus leucopusCebus versicolorAteles hybridusHere are some animals with scales that live in the park:Bothrops asperBothriechis schlegeliiErythrolaprus MastigodryasPseustes shropshireiImantodes cenchoaAnolis tolimensisPlace

This reserve is in Colombia's Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range) in the department of Caldas. It is in two town areas: mostly in Samaná and some in Pensilvania. It is between 850 and 2400 meters above sea level. It is 100.2 square kilometers in size. About 8000 mm of rain and other water falls there every year.

People can drive to the park on the Medllín-Bogotá road, but part of it is not paved. There are also busses.

People call the park Estrella Hídrica del Oriente Caldense'' or "Water Star of Eastern Caldas."

Problems
Sometimes, cows walk into the park. The cows step on the plants and make the water dirty. The people who run the park make deals with the cows' owners: The owners will keep the cows out of the park, and the people who run the park made water tanks for the cows to use.
References

Category:National parks in Colombia