coigüe

English translation: Coihue

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Spanish term or phrase:coigüe
English translation:Coihue

13:06 Jun 27, 2006
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Tech/Engineering - Forestry / Wood / Timber
Spanish term or phrase: coigüe
Estimadps colegas:

Se trata de un árbol muy conocido en Chile.

Desde ya agradezco vuestra ayuda.

Mauricio Gazitua
mgazitua
Chile
Local time: 14:58
Coihue
Explanation:
"The Coihue (Nothofagus dombeyi) is a tree species that inhabits the Andean heights of the Argentine Patagonia and central Chile, between 700 and 1,200 m above mean sea level. It forms dense forests, like those found in the Los Alerces and Nahuel Huapi national parks. It thrives in low hills with gentle slopes, being very demanding of water and soil; the largest forests are found on the slopes looking south, and the healthier specimens tend to grow on the banks of rivers and lakes. It sometimes forms mixed forests with Araucaria araucana (monkey-puzzle) trees, for example in the Villarrica National Park in Chile."

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Rebecca Hendry
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:58
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Rebecca, muchísimas gracias.
Mauricio Gazitua
Chile
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Coihue


Explanation:
"The Coihue (Nothofagus dombeyi) is a tree species that inhabits the Andean heights of the Argentine Patagonia and central Chile, between 700 and 1,200 m above mean sea level. It forms dense forests, like those found in the Los Alerces and Nahuel Huapi national parks. It thrives in low hills with gentle slopes, being very demanding of water and soil; the largest forests are found on the slopes looking south, and the healthier specimens tend to grow on the banks of rivers and lakes. It sometimes forms mixed forests with Araucaria araucana (monkey-puzzle) trees, for example in the Villarrica National Park in Chile."




    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coihue
Rebecca Hendry
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Rebecca, muchísimas gracias.
Mauricio Gazitua
Chile

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  claudia bagnardi: I agree, Rebecca. Claudia
3 mins

agree  Sheila Hardie: also known as Dombey's Southern Beech
10 mins

agree  María T. Vargas: And it's Chile's national flower!
23 mins

agree  Sandra Cifuentes Dowling: It is not Chile's national flower. Our national flower is the "copihue". The correct mapuche word for the tree is COIGÜE or COIHUÉ.
36 mins

agree  Catalina Connon: sometimes referred to as austral beech
1 hr

agree  MDI-IDM
4 hrs

agree  Stuart Allsop
17 hrs
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