Austrocedrus chilensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	CUPRESSACEAE

Scientific Name:

Austrocedrus chilensis

Species Authority:

(D. Don) Pichi-Serm. & Bizzarri

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Ciprés de la Cordillera

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1c ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Conifer Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Known to occur in two separate localities in Chile: Antuco in Bíobío and further south in Valdivia, Los Lagos, and also over the border in Questrihue in Argentina.
Countries:	Native: Argentina; Chile (Biobío, Los Lagos)
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Population [top]

Population:	Declines in population numbers have been reported, at least in Argentina.

Population:

Declines in population numbers have been reported, at least in Argentina.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A species of submontane woodland and scrub.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Declines in population numbers have been reported, at least in Argentina, caused by logging and habitat loss through fires, grazing and replanting with exotic conifers: 85% of the Argentinean population occurs outside protected areas and is being actively exploited. Insect predation of the seed is also, apparently, affecting regeneration in the wild and in small plantations.

Major Threat(s):

Declines in population numbers have been reported, at least in Argentina, caused by logging and habitat loss through fires, grazing and replanting with exotic conifers: 85% of the Argentinean population occurs outside protected areas and is being actively exploited. Insect predation of the seed is also, apparently, affecting regeneration in the wild and in small plantations.

Citation:	Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Austrocedrus chilensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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