Tags: Conifer.
Austrocedrus is a genus of conifer belonging to the cypress family Cupressaceae. It has only one species Austrocedrus chilensis native to the Valdivian temperate rain forests and the adjacent drier steppe-forests of central-southern Chile and western Argentina from 33°S to 44°S latitude. It is known in its native area as Ciprés de la Cordillera or Cordilleran Cypress and elsewhere by the scientific name as Austrocedrus or sometimes as Chilean Incense-cedar or Chilean Cedar.
