Some of these areas remain sparsely vegetated while others have naturally developed more or less pure stands of Nothofagus dombeyi.
In Nercón, a village which was incorporated into Castro in 2007, there is another sightworthy church which was declared World Heritage by the UNESCO: Nuestra Senora de Gracia was built 1886-90 of Nothofagus dombeyi wood, and a well-kept garden can be seen in front of it.
Larvae, typically xylophagous, bore under the bark of Coigue (Nothofagus dombeyi, Nothofagaceae), the vicariant of beech in the southern hemisphere.
Nothofagus | Nothofagus dombeyi | Nothofagus nitida | Nothofagus antarctica | Nothofagus alpina | nothofagus | Nothofagus obliqua |
Adults fly from late October to mid December in Nothofagus dombeyi forests with an understory of Chusquea culeou.