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| Botanical Name: |
Nothofagus cunninghamii
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| Sounds like: |
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| Common Name: |
Myrtle Beech
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| Family Name: |
FAGACEAE
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| Genus: |
Nothofagus
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cunninghamii
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| Name Derivation |
G: Gk. nothos - false, Lat. fagus- beech; S: after James Cunninghame, surgeon and plant collector
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| Growth Habit: |
Tree
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| Dimensions: |
To 55 m h
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| Flower: |
Male flowers solitary 8-12 stamens
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| Climate: |
PH 5-7 Phytophthora root rot can kill both mature trees and nursery stock
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| Fruit: |
An ovoid involucre
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| Propagation: |
Seed
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| Horticulture Use: |
Parks and large gardens
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| Culture & Maintenance: |
Light demanding from an early age and needs of full sun. Moist soils with reasonable drainage
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| Foliage: |
Lvs. 6-10 x 4-9mm deltoid or trullate to nearly orbicular irregularly singly blunt toothed, apex blunt acute, glossy green, petiole 2 mm
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