Editing Araucaria araucana (section)

== Habitat ==
[[File:Araucana ubicacion.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Distribution map of ''A. araucana'' in central Chile]]
The tree's native habitat is the lower slopes of the Chilean and Argentine south-central [[Andes]], approximately between {{convert|1000|m|ft|-2|abbr=on}} and 1,700 m (5,600 ft).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Puchi |first1=Paulina F. |last2=Camarero |first2=J. Julio |last3=Battipaglia |first3=Giovanna |last4=Carrer |first4=Marco |date=December 2021 |title=Retrospective analysis of wood anatomical traits and tree-ring isotopes suggests site-specific mechanisms triggering Araucaria araucana drought-induced dieback |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.15881 |journal=Global Change Biology |language=en |volume=27 |issue=24 |pages=6394–6408 |doi=10.1111/gcb.15881 |pmid=34514686 |issn=1354-1013|doi-access=free |hdl=11577/3416775 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> In the [[Chilean Coast Range]] ''A. araucana'' can be found as far south as [[Las Araucarias, Carahue|Villa Las Araucarias]] (latitude 38°30' S) at an altitude of 640 m asl.<ref name="assets">{{Cite web |url=https://patrimonio.bienes.cl/patrimonio/villa-las-araucarias/ |title=Villa las Araucarias |access-date=2023-05-08 |publisher=Ministry of National Assets |language=Spanish}}</ref> Juvenile trees exhibit a broadly pyramidal or conical habit which naturally develops into the distinctive umbrella form of mature specimens as the tree ages.<ref>{{cite book | chapter-url=http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/syllabi/308/Old/Lists/second%20ed/Araucariaaraucana.pdf | title=Landscape Plants For Texas And Environs 3rd | chapter=Araucaria Araucana | publisher=[[Aggie Horticulture]] | author=Michael A. Arnold | year=2004 | isbn=978-1588747464 | access-date=13 May 2016 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053339/http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/syllabi/308/Old/Lists/second%20ed/Araucariaaraucana.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> It prefers well-drained, slightly acidic, volcanic [[soil]], but will tolerate almost any soil type provided it drains well. Seedlings are often not competitive enough to survive unless grown in a canopy gap or exposed isolated area.  It is almost never found together with ''[[Chusquea culeou]]'', ''[[Nothofagus dombeyi]]'', and ''[[Nothofagus pumilio]]'', because they typically outcompete ''A. araucana''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Finckh |first1=Manfred |last2=Paulsch |first2=Axel |date=November 1995 |title=Araucaria araucana — Die ökologische Strategie einer Reliktkonifere |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0367-2530(17)30679-5 |journal=Flora |volume=190 |issue=4 |pages=365–382 |doi=10.1016/s0367-2530(17)30679-5 |issn=0367-2530|url-access=subscription }}</ref>