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Valdivian Lower Montane Deciduous Forest Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Valdivian Lower Montane Deciduous Forest Macrogroup
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: The macrogroup includes <i>Nothofagus</i>-dominated deciduous forest of the western slopes of the Chilean Andes of the Bio-Bio and Araucania regions as well as the Nahuebuta coastal range in the same regions, growing between approximately 600-1200 m elevation. These are forests dominated by <i>Nothofagus alpina, Nothofagus obliqua</i>, and <i>Nothofagus dombeyi</i> in some locations, or accompanied by <i>Nothofagus glauca</i> and <i>Prumnopitys andina</i> in other restricted locations. In the case of the coastal cordillera occurrences, which have a hyper-humid climate due to the oceanic influence, the understory is dominated by the evergreen shrubs and small trees <i>Gevuina avellana, Persea lingue, Dasyphyllum diacanthoides, Desfontainia spinosa, Gavilea araucana, Lomatia dentata, Maytenus magellanica, Myrceugenia ovata, Ribes integrifolium</i>, among others. In the drier Andean slopes occurrences, the subcanopy strata are formed by <i>Lomatia dentata, Sophora macrocarpa</i>, and sclerophyllous elements such as <i>Azara petiolaris, Caryptocarya alba, Lithrea caustica</i>, and <i>Quillaja saponaria</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40908-{CB00F1E5-89C2-4810-9C55-5E3A14613BE1}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Apr-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.884807 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: M656
  Scientific: Valdivian Lower Montane Deciduous Forest Macrogroup