Bosque de Fray Jorge National Park
The National Park Bosque de Fray Jorge (Spanish: Parque Nacional Bosque de Fray Jorge ) is located in Chile in the Región de Coquimbo. He is part of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
Geography
The National Park is located 100 km south of La Serena almost directly on the Pacific, as well as approximately 30 km west of Ovalle. The river Río Limarí opens about ten kilometers south into the Pacific. The park covers an area of 100 km ².
The national park is known for its cloud forests (hydrophilic forests).
The coastal fog ( Spanish: Camanchaca ) stays here depend on the mountain slopes and forms in a desert-like area actually an enclave of the Valdivian rain forest with subtropical vegetation.
Typical plant species in the National Parks:
- Peruvian pepper tree ( Schinus latifolius )
- Azara celastrina
- Lithraea caustica in Chile Litre called.
- Porlieria chilensis
- Aextoxicon punctatum, which is called Olivillo in Chile among others.
- Sarmienta scandens
- Griselinia scandens
The park is home to a large number of small animals, such as the Degu, chinchilla and fox. Many species of birds live in the forests, such as the Chilesteißhuhn ( Nothoprocta perdicaria ) and the long-tailed Soldatenstärling ( Sturnella loyca ).
History
The Fray Jorge National Park was established in 1943 and is under the Chilean Forest Service CONAF. UNESCO declared the park a Biosphere Reserve in 1977. In addition to the National Park are two other parks Biosphere Reserve, the Talinay and the Punta del Viento Park.