Fitzroya - Wikipedia
WEBFitzroya cupressoides is the largest tree species in South America, normally growing to 40–60 m, but occasionally more than 70 m, and up to 5 m in trunk diameter. Its rough pyramidal canopy provides cover for the southern beech, laurel and myrtle. The largest known living specimen is Alerce Milenario in Alerce Costero National Park, Chile.
Alerce Milenario - Wikipedia
WEBThe Alerce Milenario Tree is located in a ravine, in the Alerce Coster National Park. The park is 137 hectares (340 acres), and up to 1,048 m (3,438 ft) above sea level. It has a rainy temperate climate with rains all year round. Its average temperature is 12°C (53°F).
A New Candidate for Oldest Tree in the World Is Discovered in Chile
WEBMay 31, 2022 — Now, a researcher believes the tree—known as Alerce Milenario or Gran Abuelo, the “great-grandfather” tree—is likely the oldest in the world, reports Science’s Gabriel Popkin.
Alerce | Old-Growth, Endemic & Patagonian | Britannica
WEBalerce, (species Fitzroya cupressoides), coniferous tree that is the only species of the genus Fitzroya, of the cypress family (Cupressaceae), native to southern Chile and southern Argentina. In the wild it grows to become one of …
Is the world’s oldest tree growing in a ravine in Chile?
WEBMay 20, 2022 — Now, the tree—known as the Alerce Milenario or Gran Abuelo (great-grandfather) tree—might claim a new and extraordinary title: the oldest living individual on Earth.
This Might Be the World’s Oldest Tree. And It Could Die of Thirst
WEBMay 3, 2023 — A Patagonian cypress known as Lañilawal or Alerce Milenario may be the oldest tree on Earth. One researcher estimates it sprouted more than 5,000 years ago, well before the Great Pyramid of Giza...
Is the World’s Oldest Tree This Stately Cypress in Chile?
WEBJul 21, 2022 — Deep in a ravine that cuts through the coastal mountains of Chile’s Alerce Costero National Park, there is a behemoth of a tree. Cloaked in moss and lichens, the Patagonian cypress known as the...
Fitzroya cupressoides - Trees and Shrubs Online
WEBThe tallest officially recorded is a 57 m tall tree with a dbh of 2.2 m growing in Argentina’s Los Alerces National Park, although trees in excess of 60 m height are thought to exist . A tree with a dbh of 4.26 m may be found in Chile’s Parque Nacional Alerce Costero ( Debreczy & Rácz 2011 ).
Sizing up South America's oldest living tree - New Atlas
WEBNov 30, 2016 — Known as Alerce in Spanish and Lahuen in the native Mapuche, these tall evergreen trees are native to the southern Andes in Chile and Argentina, and though they grow to more than 60 m (196 ft ...
Los Alerces National Park (Official GANP Park Page)
WEBLos Alerces National Park was created to protect a special species of alerce trees known as luhuan. The park protects the most extensive forest of alerce trees in Argentina. The area has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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