Nothofagus menziesii

Silver Sparkle beech ( Nothofagus menziesii)

The Silver Sparkle beech ( Nothofagus menziesii), also known as the New Zealand Silver Beech, is a deciduous tree of the genus in the family of note book note book plants ( Nothofagaceae ). The species is native to New Zealand and not hardy in Central Europe.

Description

The Silver Sparkle beech tree is an evergreen tree that reaches to the natural sites stature heights of up to 30 meters, in Europe, however, only about 20 meters. The young trees are leafy slender and pale gray. The evergreen leaves are almost circular, about 1 × 1 cm and on young plants almost silvery, on old trees, however, dark glossy green.

The flowers are monoecious; they are wind pollinated.

Distribution and location

The home of the Silver bill book is in New Zealand. Your deposits are located in the South Island and the North Island; on the North Island extends the range in the north to the 37th degree of latitude, or about to the City Thames.

It comes from the lowlands to the front elevations 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 in prime locations in the British Isles as the mild Park of Cornwall as a fast growing and there is up to 20 meters high.

Use

From the bark of a black dye is obtained; along with tannin is extracted from the bark. The wood is used among other things for wine racks and in house building; English trade names are " Silver Beech " and " Southland Beech ".

System

The English botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker described the way in 1844 under the taxon Fagus menziesii, distributed them, one in the genre of beech (Fagus ). The Danish botanist Anders Sandoe Oersted shifted the type in 1871 under the currently valid taxon Nothofagus menziesii in the genre of note book ( Nothofagus ).

Within the genus appearances Book ( Nothofagus ) Silver Sparkle the book is placed in the subgenus Lophozonia.