Mark Taylor / Base trunk of Alerce tree (Fitzroya cupressoides). Los Alerces National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, Argentina.

Mark Taylor / Looking up trunk of Alerce tree (Fitzroya cupressoides). Los Alerces National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, Argentina.

Mark Taylor / Looking up trunk of Alerce trees (Fitzroya cupressoides). Los Alerces National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, Argentina.

Mark Taylor / Trunk of Alerce tree (Fitzroya cupressoides). Los Alerces National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, Argentina.

Chris Mattison / Patagonian larch (Fitzroya cupressoides) trunk, Alerce Andino National Park, Chile, South America

Chris Mattison / Patagonian larch (Fitzroya cupressoides) forest, Alerce Andino National Park, Chile, South America

Kevin Schafer / Alerce tree / Patagonian cypress (Fitzroya cupressoides) Alerce Andino NP, Chile, Endangered, March 2008

Kevin Schafer / Coihue Tree (Nothofagus dombeyi), Alerce Andino National Park, Chile

Kevin Schafer / Alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides) with broken top , Alerce Andino National Park, Chile

Daniel Gomez / Harvesting bark of Alerce tree {Fitzroya cupressoides} Argentina - bark expands on contact with water and is used to plug the gaps between the planks of boat casks