Tree In Chaco Region Hardwood

The quebracho schinopsis lorentzii syn.

Tree in chaco region hardwood.

Mean char height of three native tree species of the chaco region at two dates of burning during the fire season. Early july august and late september october 2008 09. Chaco provincia province northeastern argentina. Gran chaco gran chaco plant life.

The vegetation of the gran chaco is intimately associated with the pattern of soils and reflects the same general east west division. Of the family anacardiaceae. Schinopsis lorentzii is a hardwood tree known as red quebracho native of the paraguayan subtropical area which forms forests in gran chaco region of argentina in paraguay and bolivia some of its common names are coronillo quebracho cornillo brazil quebracho chaqueño quebracho colorado santiagueño quebracho macho and quebracho bolí the qualification colorado red differentiates. Schinopsis marginata engl schinopsis haenkeana engl.

It is located between the northwestern argentine highlands and the paraná river and is bounded on part of the east by paraguay. The red quebracho quebracho quebracho colorado santiagueño red quebracho santiagueño quebracho. North argentina paraguay and bolivia. White ash though similar in appearance to the green ash this tree s leaves are noticeably lighter on the underside.

To the west a wide transition zone grades into the espinal a dry forest of spiny thorny. The province is mostly low hardwood forest. Emilio poisier a french tanner first discovered that the quebracho tree tannins were valuable in 1867. Resistencia in the southeast on the paraná is the provincial capital.

The quebracho tannin was the primary source of vegetable tannin that its export to europe became an important industry in argentina. There are at least three similar commercially important tree species that grow in the gran chaco region of south america. Response of hardwood tree regeneration to surface fires western chaco region argentina. Softwood comes from a conifer cone bearing or evergreen trees such as pine or spruce.

Ernesto tornquist another tanner soon established a logging concession in the chaco region. Lorentzii is a deciduous species that may reach a height around 20 30 m with an average life span of 250 years giménez and ríos 1999. Most hardwood trees are deciduous trees which lose their leaves annually like elm or maple. It is a soft hardwood tree meaning its wood is less dense than others on this list and is often used in construction frames.

The hardwood tree species selected for this study are dominant in the dry forests of the western chaco region araujo et al 2008 tortorelli 2009. Response of hardwood tree regeneration to surface fires western chaco region argentina article pdf available in forest ecology and management 326 36 45 august 2014 with 239 reads.