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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Nothofagus pumilio''
| image = Nothofagus pumilio.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Nothofagus pumilio''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fagales]]
| familia = [[Nothofagus|Nothofagaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Nothofagus]]''
| species = '''''N. pumilio'''''
| binomial = ''Nothofagus pumilio''
| binomial_authority = (Poepp. & Endl.) Krasser
}}
'''''[[Nothofagus]] pumilio''''' ('''Lenga Beech''' or '''Lenga''') is a [[deciduous]] [[tree]] or [[shrub]] native to the central area of the [[Andes]] range, in the temperate forests of [[Chile]] and [[Argentina]] down to [[Tierra del Fuego]]. In southern [[Patagonia]] it grows to a height of up to 30 m, and attains a trunk diameter of 1.5 m. In more northern regions it grows only at heights above 1000 meters in the form of a shrub. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 2–4 cm long, with irregularly lobed margins, and turn to yellow and reddish tones in autumn. The [[fruit]] is a small [[nut (fruit)|nut]] 4–7 mm long.
The Lenga Beech can be found in the [[Valdivian temperate rain forests]], [[Torres del Paine National Park]], [[Tierra del Fuego National Park]], [[Los Alerces National Park]] and [[Nahuel Huapi National Park]] among other places. It belongs to the same genus as the [[coihue]].
The [[wood]] is used in construction and sometimes as a substitute for American [[Black Cherry]] in the manufacturing of cabinets.<!-- in the US? -->
==External links==
*[http://www.chilebosque.cl/tree/npumi.html ''Nothofagus pumilio'' in Chilebosque] (Spanish)
*[http://www.florachilena.cl/Niv_tax/Angiospermas/Ordenes/Fagales/Nothofagaceae/Nothofagus%20pumilio/N.%20pumilio.htm ''Nothofagus pumilio'' in Enciclopedia de la Flora Chilena] (Spanish)
*[http://www.chlorischile.cl/cursoonline/guia4/guia4.htm#lenga ''Nothofagus pumilio'': notes by S. Teillier for a course in Systematic Botany, Universidad Central de Santiago de Chile] (Spanish)
{{tree-stub}}
[[Category:Nothofagaceae]]
[[Category:Trees of Argentina]]
[[Category:Trees of Chile]]
[[Category:Trees of Tierra del Fuego]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Nothofagus pumilio''
| image = Nothofagus pumilio.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Nothofagus pumilio''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fagales]]
| familia = [[Nothofagus|Nothofagaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Nothofagus]]''
| species = '''''N. pumilio'''''
| binomial = ''Nothofagus pumilio''
| binomial_authority = (Poepp. & Endl.) Krasser
}}
'''''[[Nothofagus]] pumilio''''' ('''Lenga Beech''' or '''Lenga''') is a [[deciduous]] [[tree]] or [[shrub]] native to the central area of the [[Andes]] range, in the temperate forests of [[Chile]] and [[Argentina]] down to [[Tierra del Fuego]]. In southern [[Patagonia]] it grows to a height of up to 30 m, and attains a trunk diameter of 1.5 m. In more northern regions it grows only at heights above 1000 meters in the form of a shrub. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 2–4 cm long, with irregularly lobed margins, and turn to yellow and reddish tones in autumn. The [[fruit]] is a small [[nut (fruit)|nut]] 4–7 mm long.
The Lenga Beech can be found in the [[Valdivian temperate rain forests]], [[Torres del Paine National Park]], [[Tierra del Fuego National Park]], [[Los Alerces National Park]] and [[Nahuel Huapi National Park]] among other places. It belongs to the same genus as the [[coihue]].
The [[wood]] is used in construction and sometimes as a substitute for American [[Black Cherry]] in the manufacturing of cabinets.<!-- in the US? -->
==External links==
*[http://www.chilebosque.cl/tree/npumi.html ''Nothofagus pumilio'' in Chilebosque] (Spanish)
*[http://www.florachilena.cl/Niv_tax/Angiospermas/Ordenes/Fagales/Nothofagaceae/Nothofagus%20pumilio/N.%20pumilio.htm ''Nothofagus pumilio'' in Enciclopedia de la Flora Chilena] (Spanish)
*[http://www.chlorischile.cl/cursoonline/guia4/guia4.htm#lenga ''Nothofagus pumilio'': notes by S. Teillier for a course in Systematic Botany, Universidad Central de Santiago de Chile] (Spanish)
{{tree-stub}}
[[Category:Nothofagaceae]]
[[Category:Trees of Argentina]]
[[Category:Trees of Chile]]
[[Category:Trees of Tierra del Fuego]]
