12th Region: Lat 49°- 55° Main Cities: Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales, Puerto Williams.

Extreme altitude well beyond the timber line (65)

Fully exposed to the sun. Level areas or slopes facing north. (40)

Shrub (3)

Perennial (33)

Annual (2)

Biannual (1)

Creeping Plant (1)

Some shadow. Some protection against direct sunlight, some shadow from vegetation, filtering about 20 - 40 % of light. (19)

Shrub (1)

Perennial (16)

Bulb Plant (2)

In shadow. Steep slopes facing south or a vegetation cover which filters 40 - 80 % of light. (5)

Perennial (2)

Fern (1)

Bulb Plant (2)

In deep shadow. Deep ravines facing south with additional shadow from trees, or where there is a very dense vegetation cover which gives 80 - 100 % shadow (for instance, the Valdivian forests) (1)

Perennial (1)