Orange mistletoe flowers, yellow lichen, Nahuelbuta National Park, Chile, South America.

Orange flowers of parasitic mistletoe (order Santalales) bloom amid a garden of yellow lichen draped over trees in an enchanting Monkey Puzzle Tree forest (Araucaria araucana) in Nahuelbuta National Park, Cordillera de Nahuelbuta, the coast range near Angol (north of Temuco), Chile, South America. Hear the warble of exotic birds as you walk the nature trails. Unfortunately, due to logging, burning, grazing, and habitat conversion to Pinus radiata plantations, Araucaria araucana is listed as an endangered species by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). What international tourist literature calls the "Chilean Lake District" usually refers to the foothills between Temuco and Puerto Montt including three Regions (XIV Los Ríos, IX La Araucanía, and X Los Lagos) in what Chile calls the Zona Sur (Southern Zone).

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Orange flowers of parasitic mistletoe (order Santalales) bloom amid a garden of yellow lichen draped over trees in an enchanting Monkey Puzzle Tree forest (Araucaria araucana) in Nahuelbuta National Park, Cordillera de Nahuelbuta, the coast range near Angol (north of Temuco), Chile, South America. Hear the warble of exotic birds as you walk the nature trails. Unfortunately, due to logging, burning, grazing, and habitat conversion to Pinus radiata plantations, Araucaria araucana is listed as an endangered species by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). What international tourist literature calls the "Chilean Lake District" usually refers to the foothills between Temuco and Puerto Montt including three Regions (XIV Los Ríos, IX La Araucanía, and X Los Lagos) in what Chile calls the Zona Sur (Southern Zone).