Nothofagus menziesii (Hook.F.) Oerst.

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Nothofagaceae > Nothofagus

Characteristics

Tree up to 30 m. tall; trunk up to 2 m. diam., often buttressed; branchlet-pubescence fulvous. Lvs thick, coriac., rigid; 6-15 × 5-15 mm., on petioles 2-3 mm. long; lamina glab. except on veins below, broad-to deltoid-ovate to suborbicular, doubly crenate, cuneate at base; venation rather obscure; fringed domatia 1-2 in basal vein-axils. Staminate infls 1-4 per branchlet; peduncles 2-3 mm. long, sparsely pubescent, with 1 terminal fl. Per. 5-6 mm. diam., of 2 unequal lobes, each again 2-3-partite. Stamens 30-36; anthers 2-3 mm. long, red above, greenish below, or stramineous. Pistillate infls 1-4 per branchlet, 3-2-fld, on short densely pubescent peduncles. Lateral fls trimerous, terminal dimerous or aborted; stigmas ligulate. Cupule 6-7 mm. long, 4-segmented, with 4-5 rows of gland-tipped processes, subtended by 2 foliaceous bracts. Nuts puberulous, 5 mm. long; lateral triquetrous, 3-winged; terminal flat, 2-winged; wings produced above, gland-tipped.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 12.0
Mature height (meter) 20.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.3
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Lowland to montane forest or a shrub in the sub-alpine zone, southwards from latitude 37° south in North and South Islands.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

Uses dye environmental use material wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

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Distribution

Nothofagus menziesii world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Conservation status

Nothofagus menziesii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:359094-1
WFO ID wfo-0000252141
COL ID 47SZY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Nothofagus menziesii Fagus menziesii Lophozonia menziesii