Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fagales > Nothofagaceae > Nothofagus > Nothofagus pumilioNothofagus pumilio (Lenga)Synonyms: Calusparassus pumilio; Fagus antarctica var. bicrenata; Fagus antarctica var. pumilio (homotypic); Fagus pumilio (homotypic); Fagus pumilo (homotypic) Nothofagus pumilio (lenga beech in Mapuche language) is a deciduous tree or shrub in the Nothofagaceae family that is native to the southern Andes range, in the temperate forests of Chile and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego, from 35° to 56° South latitude. This tree is in the same genus as the coihue. It regenerates easily after fires. The wood is of good quality, moderate durability, and is easy to work with. It is used in furniture, shingles and construction and sometimes as a substitute for American black cherry in the manufacturing of cabinets. |
| Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-High |  | | Edible [2] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Flower Type [2] | Monoecious | | Leaf Type [2] | Deciduous | | Pollinators [2] | Wind | | Specific Gravity [3] | 0.47 | | Structure [2] | Tree | | Usage [2] | Used for making torches; This is probably a reference to the bark, since this is the part used in N. betuloides.
Wood - useful; No further details are given. | | | Height [2] | 131 feet (40 m) |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 3Jérôme Chave, Helene C. Muller-Landau, Timothy R. Baker, Tomás A. Easdale, Hans ter Steege, Campbell O. Webb, 2006. Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2,456 neotropical tree species. Ecological Applications 16(6), 2356 - 2367 ♦ 4Diet and habitat of the huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) in Bernardo O Higgins National Park, Chile, Jasper van Winden, MSc-thesis, April 2006, Utrecht University ♦ 5Diet of the patagonian Sierra-finch (Phrygilus patagonicus) on Navarino island, Chile, Steven M. McGehee & Jack Clinton Eitniear, ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 18: 449–452, 2007 |
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
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