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Nothofagus solandri (Black Beech)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Fuscospora solandri, commonly called black beech (Māori: tawhai pango), is a species of southern beech, endemic to New Zealand. Black beech occurs on both the North and the South Islands at low altitudes up to the mountains. It was known as Nothofagus solandri var. solandri prior to 2013. Black beech is a medium-sized evergreen tree growing to 27 m tall. The leaves are oppositely arranged, ovoid, 10 mm long and 5 mm broad, with smooth margins.
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Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Flower Type [2]  Monoecious
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Pollinators [2]  Wind
Specific Gravity [3]  0.52
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  Wood - heavy, tough, strong, durable. Used for making bridges, gateposts etc;
Height [2]  98 feet (30 m)
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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
♦ 3Chave 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.
♦ 4New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 6Comparative 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
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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