Australian beech
plant
Also known as: Nothofagus moorei, red box tree
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characteristics of beech
southern beech
- In southern beech: Major species
…the best known are the Australian beech (N. moorei), a 46-meter (151-foot) tree with leaves 7 cm (3 inches) long, found in New South Wales; the myrtle beech, Tasmanian myrtle, or Australian, or red, myrtle (N. cunninghamii), a 80-meter (262-foot) Tasmanian tree important for its fine-textured wood and as a…
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