Araucaria araucana
$5000 + IVA
It is an endemic tree species that can be found in the center-south of Chile, being distributed in very restricted areas of the Andes mountain range and, to a lesser extent, in the Chilean Coastal Range.
Vu
Pinophyta
Pinewoods
Araucariaceae
Perennial
Height Up to 50 meters, trunk of more than 2 meters in diameter.
Height Up to 50 meters, trunk of more than 2 meters in diameter.
Medium shade intolerant.
Grows in temperatures between -20ºC and 30ºC.
It is distributed in areas with annual rainfall between 600 and 4500 mm.
It grows in clay or volcanic, rocky and sandy soils with good drainage.
Ornamental, wood and seeds (food value).
In Chile, from the Biobío region to the Araucanía region, in a few patches in the northern Andean limit of Los Ríos region and in the coastal mountain range of Nahuelbuta, between 600 and 1700 m.a.s.l.
In the Andes it associates with nothofagus dombeyi, nothofagus antarctica, nothofagus pumiio, nothofagus obliqua and nothofagus alpina. in the Nahuelbuta mountain range it associates with nothofagus dombeyi, eucryphia cordifolia, weinmannia trichosperma and laurelia sempervirens.
