Nothofagus obliqua
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Nothofagus obliqua, is a deciduous
Deciduous
Deciduous means "falling off at maturity" or "tending to fall off", and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally, and to the shedding of other plant structures such as petals after flowering or fruit when ripe...

 tree from Chile
Chile
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 and Argentina
Argentina
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. It grows from 33 to 43° South Latitude, in Chile and Argentina. The northern extent of this tree's range in Chile is considered to be the Vizcachas Mountains
Vizcachas Mountains
The Vizcachas Mountains are a mountainous landform northwest of Santiago, Chile. Part of the Vizcachas Range was incorporated into a protected area contiguous with La Campana National Park, under a recommendation made in 1993; this protection was applied to assist in maintaining biodiversity in a...

 and La Campana National Park
La Campana National Park
La Campana National Park is located in the Cordillera de la Costa, Quillota Province, in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. La Campana National Park and the Vizcachas Mountains lie northwest of Santiago...

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Description

N. obliqua reaches a height of 50 meters (175 ft). and 2 m (6.5 ft) diameter.

It has gray-brownish or dark brown bark. The trunk is often forked. It has alternate leaves
Leaves
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 somewhat curled between the veins and the serrated margin. It has separate male and female flowers, both are small and are surrounded by green colored bracts, and rather inconspicuous.

The wood is white, somewhat yellowish. It has a good figure, is valued for its durability, and is used in furniture and construction.

Cultivation

The tree was introduced to the British Isles
British Isles
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 in 1849. Material with provenance from different places in its natural environment was tested in cultivation in Scotland. Trees cultivated from material collected from Ñuble, which is the provenance closest to the Equator, were the most damaged by frosts. Unfortunately seeds of that provenance were supplied to many commercial growers in the 70’s in the United Kingdom
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. Seeds sourced from Neuquen
Neuquén
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 in Argentina proved the hardiest. A selection from Malleco
Malleco
Malleco Province is one of two provinces in the southern Chilean region of Araucanía . Its estimated population is 223,184 , and it covers an area of...

, Chile, which is the provenance of the first trees planted in the British Isles
British Isles
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 also gave good hardiness results. It has also been planted on the North Pacific Coast of the United States
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