What is the more common name of the Chile Pine?
"to heavy anthropogenic pressure on land. South of the Biobío River, mixed deciduous forest and evergreen trees are the common vegetation types; the species reported are rauli or southern cedar, the roble beech, the ""ulmo""(an evergreen shrub), and the evergreen laurel. The vegetation types in the western slopes of the Andes are formed of thick forests of monkey puzzle tree (Chile pine). The Lake District of Chile has dense rain forests of timber species. To the south of the lake, the dominant vegetation consists of Antarctic beech, the Chilean cedar, and the giant alerce (this tree in southern Chile is"
"Prosopis chilensis Prosopis chilensis is a species of tree in the genus ""Prosopis"", belonging to the family Fabaceae. It is found in parts of central Chile, southern Peru, Bolivia, and Andean (northwestern) Argentina. Its common names include Chilean mesquite (""algarrobo chileno"", in Spanish), cupesí (in eastern Bolivia), and Chilean algarrobo. It is used for providing shade, for animal feed and for firewood. ""Prosopis chilensis"" is a medium-sized deciduous tree reaching a height of about . The trunk is stout and gnarled, and can reach a metre (yard) in diameter. The bark is pale brown and thick, with cracks and vertical"
"Chile de árbol The Chile de árbol (Spanish for ""tree chili"") is a small and potent Mexican chili pepper also known as bird's beak chile and rat's tail chile. These chilis are about long, and in diameter. Their heat index is between 15,000 - 30,000 Scoville units. The peppers start out green and turn a bright red color as they mature. Chile de árbol peppers can be found fresh, dried, or powdered. As dried chiles, they are often used to decorate wreaths because they do not lose their red color after dehydration. Since they are largely for decorative and garnishing"
"Geoffroea decorticans Geoffroea decorticans, the chañar, kumbaru, or Chilean palo verde (green wood), is a small deciduous tree, up to 8 meters (25 ft) tall that inhabits most arid forests (montes or espinales) of southern South America. The chañar is cold and drought deciduous; it loses its leaves in winter, and possibly in summer if conditions get too dry. It is natural to Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, also present in Paraguay and southern Peru. It is a very characteristic tree in local culture and folk because of its vivid visual presence, propagation, and ancient ethnomedical uses. The common name Chilean Palo"
"Chilean pintail The Chilean pintail (""Anas georgica spinicauda""), also known as the golden peck duck or brown pintail, is a subspecies of the yellow-billed pintail (""Anas georgica""), a duck in the dabbling duck subfamily Anatinae. Its local names are ""pato jergón grande"", ""pato maicero"" and ""pato piquidorado"" in Spanish, and ""marreca-parda"" or ""marreca-danada"" in Portuguese. The Chilean pintail is one of three subspecies of the yellow-billed pintail, and by far the most numerous and widespread. It is found throughout much of South America from extreme southern Colombia southwards to Tierra del Fuego, as well as in the Falkland Islands. The"
"Pais Pais is a red wine grape that has played a prominent role in the Chilean wine industry. Up until the turn of the 21st century, it was Chile's most planted variety until it was overtaken by Cabernet Sauvignon. Today it is most commonly used in the production of jug wine in the Bío-Bío, Maule and Itata River regions in the south. The grape is sometimes known as ""Negra Peruana"". In Argentina the grape is known as ""Criolla Chica"". The Pais has one of the longest viticultural history in Chile, believed to have been brought to the region by Spanish"
"Swiss pine (""Pinus cembra"") is also used to a very small extent. In North America, the main species are three of the pinyon pines: Colorado pinyon (""Pinus edulis""), single-leaf pinyon (""Pinus monophylla""), and Mexican pinyon (""Pinus cembroides""). The other eight pinyon species are used to a small extent, as are gray pine (""Pinus sabineana""), Coulter pine (""Pinus coulteri""), Torrey pine (""Pinus torreyana""), sugar pine (""Pinus lambertiana"") and Parry pinyon (""Pinus quadrifolia""). Here, the nuts themselves are known by the Spanish name for the pinyon pine: ""piñon"" (plural: ""piñones""). In the United States, pine nuts are mainly harvested by Native American"
"Schinus polygama Schinus polygama, the Hardee peppertree or Chilean pepper tree, is a species of plant in the Anacardiaceae family which is native to Argentina and Chile and naturalized in California. The species name has been spelled ""Schinus polygamus"", which according to the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (article 62.1) is incorrect Latin grammar, and is ""to be corrected"" to ""Schinus polygama"". This is because botanical tradition uses feminine grammatical gender for the genus name ""Schinus"", as is the classical tradition for most genus names of trees that end in -""us"", and ""polygama"""
"is red or pink-flowered. Etymology: ""Crinodendron"" (Greek: ""lily tree"") and patagua (mapuche name of the tree). Formerly named ""Tricuspidaria dependens"" Ruiz et Pav. Crinodendron patagua Crinodendron patagua, the patagua or lily of the valley tree (also a name for ""Clethra arborea""), is an evergreen tree that grows in Chile from 33° to 36° South latitude, up to 1200 m (4000 ft) above sea level in elevation. It lives in wet places and prefers ravines. An endangered associate tree is the Chilean wine palm, ""Jubaea chilensis"", whose distribution was much wider prehistorically. This tree reaches a height up to 10 m"
"purposes, they are readily substituted in cooking. The Chile de árbol pepper can be replaced with Cayenne pepper (30,000–50,000 Scoville units) or Pequin pepper (30,000–60,000 Scoville units). The pungency-producing chemical capsaicin is produced in the veins, not the seeds of the chile. Chile de árbol The Chile de árbol (Spanish for ""tree chili"") is a small and potent Mexican chili pepper also known as bird's beak chile and rat's tail chile. These chilis are about long, and in diameter. Their heat index is between 15,000 - 30,000 Scoville units. The peppers start out green and turn a bright red color"
"""Prockia"", ""Banara"", ""Hasseltiopsis"", and ""Neosprucea"". ""Pineda"" was named in honor of Antonio Pineda, a Guatemalan botanist who was coordinator of the naturalists aboard the Pacific expedition of Alessandro Malaspina. ""Pineda incana"" is known as ""lloqui,"" ""lloque,"" ""lloquecillos,"" or ""manzanitas cimarronas,"" and ""Pineda ovata"" is known as ""duraznillo."" ""Pineda ovata"" is commonly misidentified as ""Prockia crucis"" (Salicaceae). Pineda (plant) Pineda is a genus of flowering plants in the willow family, Salicaceae. It contains two species of shrubs: ""Pineda incana"", which is native to the Andes of Ecuador and Peru, and ""Pineda ovata"", which is native to the Andes of Bolivia. ""Pineda"""
"species). Other names include blue pine, Himalayan pine and Himalayan white pine. In the past, it was also known by the invalid botanic names ""Pinus griffithii"" McClelland or """"Pinus excelsa"""" Wall., ""Pinus chylla"" Lodd. when the tree became available through the European nursery trade in 1836, nine years after the Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich (1784~1856) first introduced seeds to England. The leaves (""needles"") are in fascicles (bundles) of five and are 12–18 cm long. They are noted for being flexible along their length, and often droop gracefully. The cones are long and slender, 16–32 cm, yellow-buff when mature, with thin"
"to the Mapuches of central Chile and south-west Argentina, whose territory incorporates natural stands of this genus. The Mapuche people call it ', and consider it sacred. Some Mapuches living in the Andes name themselves ' (""people of the """""") as they traditionally harvested the seeds extensively for food. No distinct vernacular name exists for the genus. Many are called ""pine"", although they are only distantly related to true pines, in the genus ""Pinus"". Members of ""Araucaria"" are found in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Australia, and New Guinea. There is also a significant, naturalized population of ""Araucaria"
"Pinus leiophylla Pinus leiophylla, commonly known as Chihuahua pine, smooth-leaf pine, and yellow pine (in Mexico, tlacocote and ocote chino), is a tree with a range primarily in Mexico, with a small extension into the United States in southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico. The Mexican range extends along the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre del Sur from Chihuahua to Oaxaca, from 29° North Lat. to 17°, between 1600 and 3000 meters altitude. It requires about a rainfall 600 to 1000 mm a year, mostly in summer. It tolerates frosts in winter. This member of family Pinaceae grows to"
"Cordillera Paine The Cordillera Paine is a small mountain group in Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia. It is located north of Punta Arenas, and about 1,960 km south of the Chilean capital Santiago. It belongs to the Commune of Torres del Paine in Última Esperanza Province of Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region. No accurate surveys have been published, and published elevations have been claimed to be seriously inflated, so most of the elevations given on this page are approximate. ""Paine"" means ""blue"" in the native Tehuelche (Aonikenk) language and is pronounced ""PIE-nay"". The highest summit of the"
"Aristotelia chilensis Aristotelia chilensis, known as maqui or Chilean wineberry, is a tree species in the Elaeocarpaceae family native to South America in the Valdivian temperate rainforests of Chile and adjacent regions of southern Argentina. Limited numbers of these trees are cultivated in gardens for their small fruits, known as maqui berries. Most of the fruits commercially marketed come from the wild. ""A. chilensis"" is a small dioecious evergreen tree that can reach in height. Its divided trunk has a smooth bark. Its branches are abundant, thin and flexible. Its leaves are simple, opposite, hanging, oval-lanceolate, naked and coriaceous, with"
"plains are open and there are forests on the mountain slopes. One of the most striking forest trees is the pehuén or Chilean pine (""Araucaria araucana""), which often grows to a height of 100 ft. and is prized by the natives for its fruit. Three native species of the genus ""Nothofagus"": the roble (""Nothofagus obliqua""), coihue (""Nothofagus dombeyi""), and raulí (""Nothofagus alpina"")--are widely diffused and highly prized for their wood, especially the first, which is misleadingly called roble (oak). Chile's thickest forest are found between the Bío-Bío River and the Taitao Peninsula. Among those trees are the alerce (""Fitzroya cupressoides""),"
"Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum Capsicum annuum"" var. ""glabriusculum is a variety of ""Capsicum annuum"" that is native to southern North America and northern South America. Common names include chiltepin, Indian pepper, chiltepe, and chile tepin, as well as turkey, bird’s eye, or simply bird peppers, due to their consumption and spread by wild birds. ""Tepin"" is derived from a Nahuatl word meaning ""flea"". This variety is the most likely progenitor of the domesticated ""C. annuum"" var. ""annuum"". Another similar-sized pepper 'Pequin' (also called 'Piquin') is often confused, the Tepin fruit is round to oval and the Pequin is oval with"
"Ciprés de las Guaitecas (""Pilgerodendron""), the Drimys winteri (winter's bark or canelo - Mapuche sacred tree), the Nothofagus dombeyi (Dombey's beech, coigue, coihue, or coigüe (from ""koywe"" in Mapuche language)), and the Fitzroya cupressoides. In addition, the island boasts numerous fruit trees, including apple trees and cherry trees, and Chilean rhubarb (Gunnera tinctoria), known as nalca. Chicha, a local alcoholic beverage, was made from these apples by the original inhabitants through a process called """". The national flower of Chile, the copihue (""Lapageria rosea""), can be found on Isla San Pedro. Purple thistles are also common on the island. The"
"pine seems to prefer already disturbed, unvegetated areas where it probably faces less competition from oaks and shrubs. The common name ""bishop pine"" resulted from the tree having been first identified near the Mission of San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo, California. This tree has a large number of common names and other prior scientific names, due primarily to numerous variant forms. Other English names that have occasionally been used are prickle cone pine, Obispo pine, Santa Cruz pine and dwarf marine pine. ""Pinus muricata"" is a coniferous evergreen tree growing to a height of 15–25 m, rarely up"
"of Texas. In 1999, Native Seeds/SEARCH and the United States Forest Service established the Wild Chile Botanical Area in the Coronado National Forest. Located in the Rock Corral Canyon near Tumacacori, Arizona, the preserve protects a large ""C. a."" var. ""glabriusculum"" population for study and as a genetic reserve. Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum Capsicum annuum"" var. ""glabriusculum is a variety of ""Capsicum annuum"" that is native to southern North America and northern South America. Common names include chiltepin, Indian pepper, chiltepe, and chile tepin, as well as turkey, bird’s eye, or simply bird peppers, due to their consumption and spread"
"and promote conservation by sponsoring restoration projects, publishing a newsletter called ""Nutcracker Notes"", and hosting an annual science and management workshop for anyone interested in whitebark pine. This U.S. group collaborates closely with the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation of Canada. Pinus albicaulis Pinus albicaulis, known by the common names whitebark pine, white pine, pitch pine, scrub pine, and creeping pine, is a conifer tree native to the mountains of the western United States and Canada, specifically subalpine areas of the Sierra Nevada, Cascade Range, Pacific Coast Ranges, and Rocky Mountains from Wyoming northwards. It shares the common name ""creeping pine"""
"Schinus molle Schinus molle (Peruvian pepper, also known as American pepper, Peruvian peppertree, escobilla, false pepper, molle del Peru, pepper tree, peppercorn tree, California pepper tree, pirul and Peruvian mastic) is an evergreen tree that grows to 15 meters (50 feet). It is native to the Peruvian Andes. The bright pink fruits of ""Schinus molle"" are often sold as ""pink peppercorns"" although ""S. molle"" is unrelated to true pepper (""Piper nigrum""). The tree is host to ""Bombycomorpha bifascia"", known as the pepper-tree moth. ""Schinus molle"" is a quick growing evergreen tree that grows up to 15 meters (50 feet) tall"
"Pinus pinceana Pinus pinceana, with the common names weeping pinyon and Pince's pinyon pine, is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. This pine species is endemic to Mexico, in the states of: Durango; northern Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Zacatecas; central San Luis Potosí; and southern Querétaro and Hidalgo. Its distribution extends over a distance of more than from north to south. The majority of its range it is found at altitudes between in elevation, within arid areas. ""Pinus pinceana"" forms a small tree or large shrub. Seeds are edible but produced infrequently. It is an IUCN Red List"
"possible names, such as Peruvian ""coqueret, alkékenge, lanterne chinoise"" (""Chinese lantern"") (""Physalis alkekengi""), ""cerise de terre"" (""earth cherry""), or tomatillo (""Physalis philadelphica""). Native to the mountain slope regions of Perú and Chile, where the fruits grow wild, physalis is locally eaten and frequently sold in markets in western South America. It has been widely introduced into cultivation in other tropical, subtropical, and even temperate areas, such as Australia, China, India, Malaysia, and the Philippines. The plant was grown in England in 1774 and by early settlers of the Cape of Good Hope before 1807. Whether it was grown there before"
"different names. In its native Mexico, the tree is known as huamuche, guamuche / huamúchil/ guamúchil / cuamúchil / deriving from its Nahuatl name ""cuauhmochitl"". In the wider region, it is also called ""pinzán""', or 'guamá americano"" (Puerto Rico). It is called ""seema chintakaya"" (సీమ చింతకాయ) in Telugu. Monkeypod is an English name but is also used for several other plants, including ""Albizia saman"". Other names include blackbead, sweet Inga, ផ្លែអំពិលទឹក (Plaeh umpel tek) (Khmer), ""Makham thet"" i.e. ""Foreign Tamarind"" (), ""opiuma"" (Hawaiian), ""kamunsil"" (Hiligaynon), ""damortis"" or ""kamantiris"" (Ilokano), ""kamachile"" (Tagalog), கொர்கலிக்காய்/ கோணக்காய்/ கோன புளியங்கா/ கொடுக்காப்புளி / கொடிக்காய் ""kodukkappuli or"
"Pinus roxburghii Pinus roxburghii, commonly known as chir pine or longleaf Indian pine, is a species of pine. It is native to the Himalayas, and was named after William Roxburgh. The native range extends from Tibet and Afghanistan through Pakistan, across northern India in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh), Nepal and Bhutan, to Myanmar. It generally occurs at lower altitudes than other pines in the Himalaya, from , occasionally up to . The other Himalayan pines are ""Pinus wallichiana"" (blue pine), ""Pinus bhutanica"" (Bhutan white pine), ""Pinus armandii"" (Chinese white pine), ""Pinus gerardiana"" (chilgoza pine) and"
"Pinus albicaulis Pinus albicaulis, known by the common names whitebark pine, white pine, pitch pine, scrub pine, and creeping pine, is a conifer tree native to the mountains of the western United States and Canada, specifically subalpine areas of the Sierra Nevada, Cascade Range, Pacific Coast Ranges, and Rocky Mountains from Wyoming northwards. It shares the common name ""creeping pine"" with several other plants. The whitebark pine is typically the highest-elevation pine tree found in these mountain ranges and often marks the tree line. Thus, it is often found as ""krummholz"", trees growing close to the ground that have been"
"Peale's dolphin Peale's dolphin (""Lagenorhynchus australis"") is a small dolphin found in the waters around Tierra del Fuego at the foot of South America. It is also commonly known as the black-chinned dolphin or even Peale's black-chinned dolphin. However, since Rice's work Peale's dolphin has been adopted as the standard common name. Though it is traditionally placed in the genus ""Lagenorhynchus"", recent molecular analyses indicate Peale's dolphin is actually more closely related to the dolphins of the genus ""Cephalorhynchus"". If true, this would mean this species must either be transferred to ""Cephalorhynchus"" or be given a new genus of its"
"that the locals call ""la Depresión intermedia"" (Intermediate Depression). The terrain is known for its low elevation in relation to sea level and for being surrounded by hills, as well as emergent so-called ""island hills"", such as Santa Lucía (an ancient extinct volcano), Blanco, and Renca, present today in the city of Santiago. There is some occurrence of the endangered Chilean Wine Palm, ""Jubaea chilensis"" within the Santiago Province; this iconic tree of central Chile had a much larger range prehistorically, before the decimation of much of its habitat by the expanding human population. Before the Iberian conquest, the central"
"Near threatened species, endangered by habitat loss. Pinus pinceana Pinus pinceana, with the common names weeping pinyon and Pince's pinyon pine, is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. This pine species is endemic to Mexico, in the states of: Durango; northern Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Zacatecas; central San Luis Potosí; and southern Querétaro and Hidalgo. Its distribution extends over a distance of more than from north to south. The majority of its range it is found at altitudes between in elevation, within arid areas. ""Pinus pinceana"" forms a small tree or large shrub. Seeds are edible but produced"
"Crinodendron patagua Crinodendron patagua, the patagua or lily of the valley tree (also a name for ""Clethra arborea""), is an evergreen tree that grows in Chile from 33° to 36° South latitude, up to 1200 m (4000 ft) above sea level in elevation. It lives in wet places and prefers ravines. An endangered associate tree is the Chilean wine palm, ""Jubaea chilensis"", whose distribution was much wider prehistorically. This tree reaches a height up to 10 m (33 ft). Leaves are simple, oblong with serrate margin. It produces white flowers with bell-shaped corolla of five petals, the fruit is a"
"and a minimum of six years for ""gran vino."" Over twenty grape varieties are grown in Chile, mainly a mixture of Spanish and French varieties, but many wineries are increasing experimentation in higher numbers. For most of Chile's history, Pais was the most widely planted grape only recently getting passed by Cabernet Sauvignon. Other red wine varieties include Merlot, Carménère, Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Cabernet franc, Pinot noir, Syrah, Sangiovese, Barbera, Malbec, and Carignan. White wine varieties include Chardonnay, Sauvignon blanc, Sauvignon vert, Sémillon, Riesling, Viognier, Torontel, Pedro Ximénez, Gewürztraminer and Muscat of Alexandria. Chilean winemakers have been developing a distinct"