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Nothofagus fusca (Red Beech)

Synonyms: Fagus fusca (homotypic); Fuscospora fusca (homotypic); Nothofagus fusca var. fusca

Wikipedia Abstract

Fuscospora fusca, commonly known as red beech (Māori: tawhai raunui) is a species of southern beech, endemic to New Zealand, where it occurs on both the North Island and South Island. Generally it is found on lower hills and inland valley floors where soil is fertile and well drained. It was known as Nothofagus fusca prior to 2013. Pollen from the tree was found near the Antarctic Peninsula showing that it formerly grew in Antarctica since the Eocene period. Red beech is not currently considered threatened.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Flower Type [2]  Monoecious
Janka Hardness [3]  1300 lbf (590 kgf) Medium
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Pollinators [2]  Wind
Specific Gravity [4]  0.618
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  A black dye is obtained from the bark; The bark is a source of tannin; Wood - fine quality. Used for indoor work, mine props etc;
Height [2]  115 feet (35 m)
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Predators

Consumers

Shelter for 
Mystacina tuberculata (New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat)[9]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 4Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 5New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 7Comparative ecology of sympatric orange-fronted parakeets (Cyanoramphus malherbi) and yellow-crowned parakeets (C. auriceps), South Island, New Zealand, Jonathan C. Kearvell, James R. Young and Andrew D. Grant, New Zealand Journal of Ecology (2002) 26(2): 139-148
♦ 8Brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) diet in a north Westland mixed-beech (Nothofagus) forest, C. Hamish Cochrane, David A. Norton, Craig J. Miller and Robert B. Allen, New Zealand Journal of Ecology (2003) 27(1): 61-65
♦ 9Mystacina tuberculata, Gerald G. Carter and Daniel K. Riskin, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 790, pp. 1-8 (2006)
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0