Drimys winteri
Species of tree from South America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Drimys winteri, also known as Winter's bark, foye[2] and canelo, is a slender species of tree in the family Winteraceae, growing up to 20 m (66 ft) tall. It is native to the Magellanic and Valdivian temperate forests of Chile and Argentina, where it is a dominant tree in the coastal evergreen forests. It is found below 1,200 m (3,900 ft) between latitude 32° south and Cape Horn at latitude 56°. In its southernmost natural range it can tolerate temperatures down to −20 °C (−4 °F).[3] The plant is renowned for its phenotypic plasticity being able to grow in different sites from "extreme arid zones to wetlands along Chile".[4][5] The tree does also grow in places with various types and degrees of competition from other plants.[5]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Canellales |
Family: | Winteraceae |
Genus: | Drimys |
Species: | D. winteri |
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