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Araucaria araucana, commonly called the monkey puzzle tree, monkey tail tree, piñonero, pewen or pehuen pine, is an evergreen tree growing to a trunk diameter of 1–1.5 m (3.3–4.9 ft) and a height of 30–40 m (98–131 ft).
Araucaria angustifolia – Paraná pine (obsolete: Brazilian pine, candelabra tree); southern and southeastern Brazil, northeastern Argentina. Araucaria araucana – monkey-puzzle or pehuén (obsolete: Chile pine); central Chile & western Argentina. †Araucaria nipponensis – Japan and Sakhalin (Upper Cretaceous) [14] Section Bunya.
Virgin forests, featuring coigüe, raulí and tepa trees, as well as bay, Chilean laurel and cypress, criss-cross the region in all directions. The majestic conifer Araucaria araucana, or monkey-puzzle tree (known locally as pehuén), towers above the landscape.
Its name derives from the Mapuche word for "water with Araucaria seeds". Among the attractions in the park are the Llaima volcano, Sierra Nevada and wild landscapes characterized by islands of vegetation completely surrounded by vast areas of lava flows and is a humid and wet area.
Huerquehue National Park (Spanish pronunciation:) is located in the foothills of the Andes, in the Valdivian temperate rainforest of the La Araucanía region in southern Chile. It lies 145 km southeast of Temuco and 33 km east of Pucón , between the Villarrica National Reserve to the west and the Hualalafquén National Reserve to the east.
A krummholz of Nothofagus antarctica and N. pumilio grows near the tree line. The southern limit of these forests is 38º S latitude. Tall coniferous pehuén monkey-puzzle trees (Araucaria araucana) grow at the southern edge of the deciduous forests, from the coast at Nahuelbuta National Park to the Andes. [5] Valdivian laurel-leaved forests.
Lophosoria quadripinnata fern common in Valdivian temperate rainforests as well as in Juan Fernández Archipelago Araucaria araucana trees in Conguillío National Park One of the most striking forest trees is the pehuén or Chilean pine ( Araucaria araucana ), which often grows to a height of 100 ft. and is prized by the natives for its fruit.
Araucariaceae is a family of conifers with three living genera, Araucaria, Agathis, and Wollemia.While the family's native distribution is now largely confined to the Southern Hemisphere, except for a few species of Agathis in Malesia, it was formerly widespread in the Northern Hemisphere during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.