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Nothofagus betuloides (Magellan's beech)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Nothofagus betuloides, Magellan's beech or guindo, is native to southern Patagonia. In 1769 Sir Joseph Banks collected a specimen of the tree in Tierra del Fuego during Captain Cook's first voyage.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Flower Type [2]  Monoecious
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Pollinators [2]  Wind
Specific Gravity [3]  0.473
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  The bark is used for making buckets and torches, it is also used as a torch which suggests that it is rich in resin; Wood - heavy, hard. It has similar uses to Fagus sylvatica, the native Beech;
Height [2]  66 feet (20 m)
Width [2]  20 feet (6 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Lago Puelo National Park II 47607 Chubut, Argentina
Los Glaciares National Park II 1329020 Santa Cruz, Argentina
Perito Moreno National Park II 234320 Santa Cruz, Argentina  
Tierra Del Fuego National Park II 172861 Argentina

Predators

Fagisuga triloba[4]
Hippocamelus bisulcus (Chilean Guemal)[5]
Madarococcus chilensis <Unverified Name>[4]
Madarococcus navarinoensis <Unverified Name>[4]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5Diet and habitat of the huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) in Bernardo O’ Higgins National Park, Chile, Jasper van Winden, MSc-thesis, April 2006, Utrecht University
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0