More is known about the Araucaria species that Muir so admired, Brazil’s Araucaria angustifolia. They are the dominant species in a forest type that once stretched 200,000 square kilometers across Brazil’s three southern states – Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Parana – as well as part of Argentina’s Misiones province. More @Wikipedia
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