| Nothofagus truncata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Nothofagaceae |
| Genus: | Nothofagus |
| Subgenus: | Nothofagus subg. Fuscospora |
| Species: | N. truncata
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| Binomial name | |
| Nothofagus truncata (Colenso) Cockayne
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Nothofagus truncata, or hard beech (Māori: tawhai raunui), is a species of tree endemic to New Zealand.[2] Its common name derives from the fact that the timber has a high silica content, making it tough and difficult to saw.[3] Hard beech is a tree up to 30m tall occurring in lowland and lower montane forest from latitude 35°S to 42°30'S, that is, from the north of the North Island southwards to Marlborough and south Westland in the South Island.[4] In Taranaki it forms almost pure stands on the rugged sandstone country there and is partially deciduous, dropping many of its leaves at the end of the winter.[5] N. truncata became known as Fuscospora truncata after 2013 in New Zealand.[6]
- ^ Baldwin, H. (2018). "Nothofagus truncata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T96479196A96480050. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ Flora of New Zealand. 2007
- ^ John Dawson and R. Lucas. 2000
- ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2009
- ^ Fuscospora truncata (Hard Beech) TERRAIN
- ^ HEENAN, PETER B.; SMISSEN, ROB D. (2013). "Revised circumscription of Nothofagus and recognition of the segregate genera Fuscospora, Lophozonia, and Trisyngyne (Nothofagaceae)". Phytotaxa. 146 (1): 131. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.146.1.1. Retrieved 31 May 2015.