as an ornamental tree for parks and large gardens in the British Isles where it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. It has also been introduced to the North Pacific Coast of the United States. It requires an acid pH soil which is fertile and reliably moist. Young plants need shelter from cold winds; however mature specimens are hardy down to . Gallery References Further reading Libro del Árbol: Especies Forestales Indígenas de la Argentina de Aplicación Industrial (edited by Celulosa Argentina S. A., Buenos Aires, October 1975) Donoso, C. 2005. Árboles nativos de Chile. Guía de reconocimiento. Edición 4. Marisa Cuneo Ediciones, Valdivia, Chile. 136p. Hoffmann, Adriana. 1998. Flora Silvestre de Chile, Zona Central. Edición 4. Fundación Claudio Gay, Santiago. 254p. Rodríguez, R. & Quezada, M. 2003. Fagaceae. En C. Marticorena y R. Rodríguez [eds.], Flora de Chile Vol. 2(2), pp 64–76. Universidad de Concepción, Concepción. External links Nothofagaceae Flora of the Andes Flora of central Chile Flora of Argentina Trees of Argentina Trees of Chile Valdivian temperate rainforest Least concern plants Least concern biota of South America Garden plants of South America Ornamental trees Fagales of Argentina Fagales of Chile