 Due to the area's expanding human population, considerable deforestation occurred on the previously heavily wooded areas of this mountain from approximately 1900 AD onwards.One of the significant tree species extant on Cerro La Campana is the Chilean Wine Palm, "Jubaea chilensis"; this endangered palm prehistorically had a much wider distribution.When the second survey voyage of HMS "Beagle" arrived at Valparaiso on 23 July 1834, Charles Darwin took residence ashore to explore the area.