|
The species is used decoratively in places with cold climates. Nothofagus is derived from greek and means false beech or beech of the south; pumilio is from the latin pumilus, which means small; this possibly because, in comparison to coigües and robles, it is a smaller species. |
Elliptical leaves, double-edged border; the veins alternate reaching the border. |
Dark grey bark with cracks along its length. |
Masculine flowers are solitary and have stalks; feminine flowers are solitary and do not have stalks. |
The dome opens in two leaflets with a single nut. |
It is distributed in Chile between the Maule and Magallanes Regions. It grows around Volcano Mocho-Choshuenco and the Puerto Pirehueico road, around 1000 m in altitude, they form the upper limit of the vegetation. |