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Nothofagus truncata
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Nothofagus truncata, or hard beech (Māori: tawhai raunui), is a species of tree endemic to New Zealand.[2] Its common name derives from the fact that the timber has a high silica content, making it tough and difficult to saw.[3] Hard beech is a tree up to 30m tall occurring in lowland and lower montane forest from latitude 35°S to 42°30'S, that is, from the north of the North Island southwards to Marlborough and south Westland in the South Island.[4] In Taranaki it forms almost pure stands on the rugged sandstone country there and is partially deciduous, dropping many of its leaves at the end of the winter.[5] N. truncata became known as Fuscospora truncata after 2013 in New Zealand.[6]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Family: | Nothofagaceae |
Genus: | Nothofagus |
Subgenus: | Nothofagus subg. Fuscospora |
Species: | N. truncata |
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Nothofagus truncata (Colenso) Cockayne | |
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