Chile's Sclerophyll Forest
Added 2025-01-31 05:59:57 +0000 UTCIn the foothills of the Andes in Chile's Nuble region we check out some of the keystone plants that compose the Sclerophyll Forest here, like
Gevuina avellana (Proteaceae),
Nothofagus alpina,
Nothofagus dombeyi,
Lapageria rosea (Philesiaceae)
Proustia pyrifolia (Asteraceae)
Drimys winteri (Winteraceae)
Hydrangea serratifolia
Peumus boldus (Monimiaceae)
Legrandia concinna (Myrtaceae)
Lomatia dentata (Proteaceae)
Luma apiculata (Myrtaceae)
and the notorious "mimic vine",
Boquila trifoliolata (Lardizabalaceae), among many others.
The Sclerophyll Forest is indicative of a Mediterranean Climate, where rain comes in winter and summers are long and dry. This forest felt like the Southern Hemisphere analog to Northern California, with many of the same ecological inches and plant morphologies, but a different cast of species.
