Monte Desert not only common, but tall cacti even appear in the more hospitable areas of the desert. The fauna of the area is also very similar to that of the Patagonian Desert, only in greater diversity and number due to the Monte's more hospitable conditions. Small mammals like mice abound and larger animals like the guanaco and burrowing owl can be found as well. Monte Desert The Monte Desert is a South American ecoregion, lying entirely within Argentina and covering approximately the submontane areas of Catamarca, La Rioja, San Juan, San Luis and Mendoza Provinces, plus the western half of La
Dicentra formosa has narrower flowers and longer, more curved outer petal tips. "D. formosa" is related to "Lamprocapnos spectabilis", another popular plant called "bleeding heart", which was formerly placed in the same genus. The Pacific bleeding-heart is native to moist woodland, forest, and streambanks from California to British Columbia, from sea level to the subalpine zone. There are two subspecies, "Dicentra formosa" subsp. "formosa" and "Dicentra formosa" subsp. "oregona". Subsp. "formosa" grows in the majority of the plant's range, from Vancouver Island and southern British Columbia and south through Washington and Oregon to central California in the Coast Ranges and Cascades, and