The evergreen southern beech Nothofagus dombeyi (coihue) colonizes young volcanic rocks produced by the active stratovolcano Osorno (2652 m) seen in the background.

Keywords

glacial processes, glacier, mountaintop, non-tropical rainforest, plant, southern beech, stratovolcano, volcanism, Zonobiome V

Created

Thursday 13 April 2006 by Martin Mergili in South America / Chile (7561 visits)