Nothofagus obliqua

Pellin bill beech ( Nothofagus obliqua )

The Pellin bill beech ( Nothofagus obliqua, Syn. Fagus obliqua Mirb ), also known as the Andean bill beech, is a species in the genus appearances Book ( Nothofagus ), the only genus in the family of the bill Fagaceae ( Nothofagaceae ) within the order of book -like ( fagales ). The term Robelbuche should be avoided as misleading as the type, in contrast to earlier today no longer the kind of beech (Fagus ) is assigned.

Description

The Pellin bill Beech is (rarely 40) achieved meters and trunk diameter of 2 meters a deciduous tree, the growth heights of up to about 30. The bark of the trunk is light gray and smooth on young trees, later broadly furrowed with black cracks, aged with wide yellow-brown and cracks in edged areas abspringend. The tree crown is conical and slender, aged with arched overhanging branches. The buds are brown and about 5 millimeters long. The alternate and arranged in two rows on the branches of deciduous leaves are simple, are oval and 5 to 8 cm long. The leaf margin is serrated sharp and irregular. The petiole is 5 mm long. The autumn color is yellow and crimson.

These trees are monoecious getrenntgeschlechtig ( monoecious ). The male flowers are arranged singly in the leaf axils and contain 30 to 40 stamens. The female flowers are borne in threes. In the fruit cups ( cupulae ) Three Nuts together.

Distribution and location

The Pellin bill Beech is native to Argentina and Chile. The southern boundary of the areas is about 41 ° south latitude. The Pellin bill beech prefers nutrient- rich soils and rainfall of over 1500 mm per year.

The tree is in Central Europe due to unusually hardy and vigorous; it is therefore planted in forest cultivation trial in Germany. The largest specimen in Germany, planted in 1961, is located in the Arboretum Sequoia Farm Kaldenkirchen.

Use

The wood of the beech Pellin bill is tough, durable and of high specific gravity. It is used for furniture and in shipbuilding, but also provides a very good firewood.

System

The species was described in 1827 by French botanist Charles François de Brisseau Mirbel under the taxon Fagus obliqua and incorporated into the genre of beech (Fagus ) .. The Danish botanist Anders Sandoe Oersted shifted the species under the currently valid taxon Nothofagus obliqua in the genre of note book ( Nothofagus ).

We distinguish the following varieties:

• Nothofagus obliqua var macrocarpa ( A.DC. ) Rich: The home of this variety is from the province of Valparaiso and Rancagua, especially southeast of Santiago de Chile, but not in Argentina.
• Nothofagus obliqua ( Mirb. ) Oerst. var obliqua: The nominate grows in Chile particularly from the provinces of Colchagua to Llanquihue and in adjacent areas in Argentina.