La Campana-Peñuelas

Ocoa palm forest, La Campana National Park

This Biosphere Reserve includes La Campana National Park and the Lago Peñuelas National Reserve.[1] It is located in west-central Chile. Forests within the La Campana-Peñuelas are habitat for the Chilean Wine Palm, Jubaea chilensis', an endangered palm,[2] which had a much broader distribution prior to modern times.

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  1. UNESCO. 2007
  2. C. Michael Hogan. 2008


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