Polylepis grows at the highest altitude of any tree in the world. The word means "covered with scales" and.our guide, Alois showed us how easy it would be for the bark to trap air for use as insulatiion.
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| As we went further up the Andes we began to see fence posts made from polylepis.
Polylepis grows at the highest altitude of any tree in the world. The word means "covered with scales" and.our guide, Alois showed us how easy it would be for the bark to trap air for use as insulatiion. |
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