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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = Silver beech<br /> | image = Silver Beech.JPG<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Fagales]]<br /> | familia = [[Nothofagaceae]]<br /> | genus = &#039;&#039;[[Nothofagus]]&#039;&#039;<br /> | species = &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;N. menziesii&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> | binomial = &#039;&#039;Nothofagus menziesii&#039;&#039;<br /> | binomial_authority = ([[Joseph Dalton Hooker|Hook.f.]]) [[Anders Sandøe Ørsted (botanist)|Oerst.]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> [[Image:NothofagusMenziesii003.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Foliage]]&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Nothofagus menziesii&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Silver beech&#039;&#039;&#039; is a [[tree]] of the [[Nothofagus]] or southern beech genus [[endemism|endemic]] to [[New Zealand]]. Its common name probably comes from the fact that its bark is whitish in colour, particularly in younger specimens.&lt;ref name=&quot;NGNZF&quot;&gt; John Dawson and Rob Lucas &quot;&#039;&#039;The Nature Guide to the New Zealand Forest&#039;&#039;&quot;, Godwit, 2000&lt;/ref&gt; It is found from Thames southwards in the [[North Island]] (except [[Mount Egmont]]),&lt;ref name=&quot;FNZ&quot;&gt; H.H. Allan, &quot;&#039;&#039;Flora of New Zealand,volume 1&#039;&#039;&quot;,Government Printer, 1961&lt;/ref&gt; and throughout the [[South Island]]. Silver beech is a forest tree up to 30 [[metre|m]] tall. The trunk, which is often buttressed, may be up to 2 m in diameter.&lt;ref name=&quot;NGNZF&quot;/&gt;.&lt;ref&gt;J.T. Salmon, &quot;&#039;&#039;A Field Guide to the Native Trees of New Zealand&#039;&#039;&quot;, Reed Methuen, 1986&lt;/ref&gt;The [[leaf|leaves]] are small, thick and almost round in shape, 6 to 15 [[millimetre|mm]] long and 5 to 15 mm wide with rounded teeth which usually occur in pairs,&lt;ref name=&quot;NGNZF&quot;/&gt; 1 or 2 hair fringed domatia are found on the underside of each leaf.&lt;ref name=&quot;NGNZF&quot;/&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;FNZ&quot;/&gt;Its [[Māori language|Māori]] name is &#039;&#039;&#039;Tāwhai&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Footnotes==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * Metcalf, Laurie, 2002. &#039;&#039;A Photographic Guide to Trees of New Zealand&#039;&#039;. Auckland: New Holland.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://cber.bio.waikato.ac.nz/courses/226/Fagaceae/Fagaceae.html University of Waikato: &#039;&#039;Nothofagus&#039;&#039;]<br /> * [http://www.fore.canterbury.ac.nz/species/nMenziesii.htm New Zealand School of Forestry: &#039;&#039;Nothofagus menziesii&#039;&#039; photo]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Nothofagaceae]]<br /> [[Category:Trees of New Zealand]]</div>

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