Fuscospora solandri Tawhai Rauriki

Growth: Medium Height Range: 25 Site Conditions: Exposed Frost Tolerant Heavy Soil Loamy Soil Windy Drainage: Damp Very Dry Well Drained Sunlight: Full Sun Partial Shade Features: Attractive foliage Attractive to bees Attractive to insects Evergreen Suitable for Revegetation Species Suitable for Shelter Tolerant of Shade Category: Trees Tags: Beech, Bees, Bird Attractor, evergreen

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Fuscospora solandri var. solandri is commonly called Black Beech. It is endemic to New Zealand growing at lower altitudes than Fuscospora solandri var. cliffortioides (Mountain Beech). At times Beech dominate the canopy, forming its own distinctive forest type. Often found in hardwood forest plant communities that include but are not limited to Aristotelia serrata, Pittosporum eugenioides, Pseudopanax arboreus, Podocarpus totara and Fuscospora cliffortioides among others.

Known as black beech because it is prone to a sooty mould that cover...