escallonia การใช้
- ""'Escallonia " "'is a genus of 40 to 50 species of flowering plants of the Escalloniaceae native to South America.
- Shrubs like barberry or escallonia are dense enough to be used as a windbreak for cold winter winds, or they can be arranged to funnel breezes toward the house during the summer.
- ""'Escallonia resinosa " "'is an evergreen shrub or tree native to the Andean forests of Peru, Bolivia and southern Ecuador from 2600 to 4200 meters above sea level.
- Some of the dominant plant species of the Pre-Andean shrubland are " Mulinum spinosum " ( a cushion plant ) and " Escallonia rubra ", which are frequently associated with other species, including " Anathrophyllun desideratum " and " Berberis buxifolia ".
- Examples of typical vegetation of this area are : " Polylepis racemosa, Escallonia resinosa, Alnus acuminata, Senna birostris, Vallea stipularis, Lupinus " spp " ., Vaccinium floribundum, Puya raimondii, Calamagrostis vicunarum, Festuca dolichophylla, Jarava ichu, " " Azorella " spp ., " Ranunculus macropetalus ", etc.
- From the Valdivian temperate rain forests of Chile, Lobb brought back the Chilean firebush ( " Embothrium coccineum " ), the Chilean bellflower ( " Lapageria rosea " ) ( the national flower of Chile ), the flame nasturtium ( " Tropaeolum speciosum " ) and the Chilean lantern tree ( " Crinodendron hookerianum " ) . the Guaitecas cypress ( " Pilgerodendron uviferum " ), the Patagonian cypress ( " Fitzroya cupressoides " ), Prince Albert's yew ( " Saxegothaea conspicua " ) and " Podocarpus nubigenus " as well as seeds of the hardy Antarctic beech ( " Nothofagus antarctica " ) and several other shrubs including " Escallonia macrantha ".