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Beech tree in flower

Mountain beech (Fuscospora cliffortioides) in flower.

Mountain beech (Fuscospora cliffortioides) in flower. New Zealand has five species of beech.

Beech trees flower in spring and are wind pollinated. After fertilisation, beech flowers produce seeds in the form of small winged nuts, which fall in autumn.

Sourced from iNaturalist NZ

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Rights: Duncan Cunningham, CC BY-NC 4.0
Published: 24 May 2019Size: 1.5 MB
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