Lophozonia obliqua

Lophozonia obliqua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Nothofagaceae
Genus: Lophozonia
Species: N. obliqua
Binomial name
Lophozonia obliqua
(Mirb.) Heenan & Smissen
Synonyms

Nothofagus obliqua
Fagus obliqua
Lophozonia heterocarpa

Lophozonia obliqua, (Patagonian oak, roble[1] or roble beech)[2] (usually found in North America)) is a deciduous tree from Chile and Argentina. It grows from 33 to 43° south latitude. The northern extent of this tree's range in Chile is considered to be the Vizcachas Mountains and La Campana National Park.[3] L. obliqua was known as Nothofagus obliqua prior to 2013.[4]

Description

L. obliqua reaches a height of 50 meters (175 ft).[5] and 2 m (6.5 ft) diameter.

L. obliqua

It has gray-brownish or dark brown bark. The trunk is often forked. It has alternate leaves somewhat curled between the veins and the serrated margin. It has separate male and female flowers, both are small and are surrounded by green colored bracts, and rather inconspicuous.

In Chile is called roble hualle to young trees, whose wood is soft and yellowish, and roble pellín to old trees, which have their reddish hardwood. It has a good figure, is valued for its durability, and is used in furniture and construction.

Cultivation

The tree was introduced to the British Isles in 1849.[6] Material with provenance from different places in its natural environment was tested in cultivation in Scotland. Trees cultivated from material collected from Ñuble, which is the provenance closest to the Equator, were the most damaged by frosts. Unfortunately seeds of that provenance were supplied to many commercial growers in the 1970’s in the United Kingdom. Seeds sourced from Neuquen in Argentina proved the hardiest. A selection from Malleco, Chile, which is the provenance of the first trees planted in the British Isles also gave good hardiness results.[7] It has also been planted on the North Pacific Coast of the United States.[8]

Subspecies

There are two recognised subspecies of L. obliqua. These are:

Lophozonia macrocarpa was once also considered a subspecies, as Fagus obliqua var. macrocarpa.[4]

Hybrids

Line notes

References

  1. ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. ↑ "Nothofagus obliqua". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  3. ↑ C. Michael Hogan (2008) Chilean Wine Palm: Jubaea chilensis, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg
  4. 1 2 3 HEENAN, PETER B.; SMISSEN, ROB D. (2013). "Revised circumscription of Nothofagus and recognition of the segregate genera Fuscospora, Lophozonia, and Trisyngyne (Nothofagaceae)". Phytotaxa 146 (1): 131. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.146.1.1. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Salas, C., and García, O. 2006. Modelling height development of mature Nothofagus obliqua. Forest Ecology and Management 229(1-3): 1-6.". doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2006.04.015.
  6. ↑ Henry John Elwes, F.R.S. and Augustine Henry. M.A. Trees of Great Britain and Ireland. MCMVII. Volume III. Edinburgh
  7. ↑ M. B. Murray, M. G. R. Cannell, L. J. Sheppard and R. Lines. 1986. Frost Hardiness of Nothofagus procera and Nothofagus obliqua in Britain. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Bush Estate Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. Forestry Commission, Northern Research Station, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland.
  8. ↑ "Nothofagus obliqua in Washington Park Arboretum" (PDF). Seattle Government. Retrieved 2009-06-27.

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