The northern extent of this tree's range in Chile is considered to be the Vizcachas Mountains and La Campana National Park.

The trees bear separate male and female flowers, both of which are small, surrounded by green bracts, and rather inconspicuous.

Trees cultivated from material collected from Ñuble, which is the provenance closest to the Equator, were the most damaged by frosts.

A selection from Malleco, Chile, which is the provenance of the first trees planted in the British Isles also gave good hardiness results.

[9] Experimental plantations established in Wales suffered severe damage during the 1981–1982 cold wave that swept through Britain.