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The land > Plant life > Vegetation zones > Subantarctic beech forests

Temperate rain forests—similar to those found in British Columbia and in the northwestern United States—grow in southern Chile at low and moderate altitudes, thanks to abundant rainfall. The most typical trees belong to the genus Nothofagus (timber trees found in the cooler parts of the Southern Hemisphere), the northern species of which are evergreen and the southern…


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