Alerce Costero National Park
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Alerce Costero National Park is a protected wild area in the Cordillera Pelada about 137 km from Valdivia and 49 km from La Unión. Fitzroya trees grow inside the protected area and give the area its n
Cordillera Pelada
Kodkod.
Black or Magellanic woodpecker
Fitzroya forest at Alerce Costero National Park, Chile.
Fitzroya
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Fitzroya is a monotypic genus in the cypress family. The single living species, Fitzroya cupressoides, is a tall, long-lived conifer native to the Andes mountains and coastal regions of southern Chile
Alerce Costero National Park
…Latin American Spanish: ) is a protected wild area in the Cordillera Pelada about 137 km (85 miles) from Valdivia and 49 km (30 miles) from La Unión. Fitzroya trees grow inside the protected area and give the area its name, with Alerce Costero translating as Coastal Fitzroya. The Natural Monument has a total…
Fitzroya cupressoides
A large tree showing the bark peeling in longitudinal strips.
A branchlet with adult leaves.
A first-year seedling with juvenile leaves.