Nothofagus gunnii (Hook.F.) Oerst.

Deciduous shrub or tree to 6 (–8) m high. Leaves alternate, simple, very shortly petiolate; lamina broadly ovate to ± orbicular, 10–22.5 mm long, shallowly cuneate to truncate base, crenate margin, obtuse-rounded or emarginate apex, bright green at first, turning yellow to golden-brown or red before falling in autumn, firm, plicate above with pinnate lateral veins deeply impressed (veins on lower surface prominent and with appressed, golden hairs); stipules c. 3 mm long, saccate, ±persistent. Male inflorescence with 1–3 flowers, on recurved pedicel; perianth 3–6-lobed, c. 4 mm long; stamens 6–12. Female inflorescence ovoid, 3–5 mm long, with 3 flowers. Fruits in a cupule; valves each with 4–6 sets of recurved scales; cupule 8–9 mm long.

Grows in subalpine shrub communities, sometimes in pure stands; also on the margins of rainforest and on lake shores.