Biology:Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides
| Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides | |
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| Mountain beech trees | |
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| Genus: | Fuscospora
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| Species: | F. cliffortioides
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| Fuscospora cliffortioides | |
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Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides, commonly called mountain beech (Māori: tawhai rauriki), is a species of Southern beech tree and is endemic to New Zealand. Mountain beech grows in mountainous regions at high altitudes. In New Zealand the taxon is called Fuscospora cliffortioides.[3] Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides occupies a wider range of habitat than any other New Zealand tree species and it shows a corresponding range of life form, seeding habits, regenerative patterns, growth habits, growth rates, stand replacement and mortality patterns.[4]
Mountain beech grows to around 20 metres (66 ft)[5] but near the treeline forms a "goblin forest" where the trees are no more than 2 m (6 ft 7 in) tall. It also has leaves that are elongated and have a pointed end.
Hybrids
- Mountain beech is known to hybridise with black beech (Nothofagus solandri var. solandri) where the two species co-exist, and in some places the hybrids may form complex introgressive hybrid swarms.[6]
- Mountain beech also hybridises with red beech (Nothofagus fusca) to form the hybrid species Nothofagus × blairii.[3]
References
- ↑ "Fuscospora cliffortioides". http://eol.org/pages/39925404/overview. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ↑ "Fuscospora cliffortioides (Hook.f.) Heenan & Smissen". Landcare Research 2010-2015. http://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/Taxon/Fuscospora_cliffortioides.html. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Heenan, Peter B.; Smissen, Rob D. (2013). "Revised circumscription of Nothofagus and recognition of the segregate genera Fuscospora, Lophozonia, and Trisyngyne (Nothofagaceae)". Phytotaxa 146 (1): 131. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.146.1.1. http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.146.1.1/5539. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ↑ John Wardle (1969). Ecology of Nothofagus solandri (Black beech and mountain beech). University of Canterbury. Botany. OCLC 706454567.
- ↑ "Mountain Beech Height". Details of our range of Beech variety. Southern Woods Nursery Ltd. http://www.southernwoods.co.nz/cart/results_common.asp?lmcommon=Beech.
- ↑ "Fuscospora cliffortioides". http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1037. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
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