Cultivation
It succeeds in Scotland. Trees planted in Faroe Islands, which were imported directly from its southernmost distribution in Tierra del Fuego, have turned out to be very hardy.
The wood has beautiful marks, is pinkish, hard, semi-heavy and is used in furniture and building.
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