Silver beech beech
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The silver beech ( Nothofagus menziesii ), also called New Zealand silver beech , is a deciduous tree from the genus of the false beeches in the family of the false beech family (Nothofagaceae). The species is native to New Zealand and not hardy in Central Europe .
description
The silver beech is an evergreen tree that reaches heights of up to 30 meters in natural habitats, but only around 20 meters in Europe. The young trees are slender and leafy pale gray. The evergreen leaves are almost circular, about 1 × 1 cm and almost silvery on young plants, but dark, shiny green on old trees.
The flowers are monoecious; they are pollinated by the wind.
Distribution and location
The home of the silver beech is New Zealand . Their occurrences are on the South Island and the North Island; on the North Island, the distribution area extends in a northerly direction up to the 37th degree of latitude, i.e. approximately to the city of Thames .
It occurs from the lowlands up to the heights of the mountain forests and is also found as a shrub in the subalpine zone.
The species is not hardy in Central Europe, but proves to be fast-growing in preferred locations on the British Isles such as the mild parks of Cornwall , where it can reach heights of up to 20 meters.
use
A black dye is obtained from the bark; next to it is tannin extracted from the bark. The wood is used, among other things, for wine racks and in house construction; English trade names are "Silver Beech" and "Southland Beech".
Systematics
The English botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker described the species in 1844 under the taxon Fagus menziesii , so classified it in the beech genus ( Fagus ). The Danish botanist Anders Sandøe Ørsted moved the species in 1871 under the current taxon Nothofagus menziesii to the genus of the pseudo-beeches ( Nothofagus ).
Within the genus of the false beech ( Nothofagus ), the silver false beech is placed in the subgenus Lophozonia .
Web links
- Entry at GRIN Taxonomy for Plants (Engl.)
- Datasheet at ibiblio.org (engl.)
- Wood properties at biologie.uni-hamburg.de
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c d Entry at Plants for a Future (Engl.)
- ^ Alan Mitchell, translated and edited by Gerd Krüssmann: The forest and park trees of Europe: An identification book for dendrologists and nature lovers . Paul Parey, Hamburg and Berlin 1975, ISBN 3-490-05918-2 .
- ↑ See web link wood properties.
- ↑ Icon. Pl. 7: t. 652. 1844.
- ↑ Bidr. Egefam. 25. 1871; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd. ser. 5, 9: 355. 1873.