Botanical Description
Nothofagus cunninghamii is an evergreen shrub or tree with a dense, spreading crown. It can vary greatly in habit according to habitat and climate - in exposed, windy situations and higher elevations it is often only a shrub, but in moist, sheltered situations it becomes a very large tree, sometimes up to 50 metres tall. The straight bole, in mature trees, can sometimes reach 150 - 250cm in diameter, with slight buttresses at the base[ 397 Title Australian Native Plants Society Publication Author Website http://anpsa.org.au/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A series of fact sheets on Australian plants. Good photographs, brief description and information on uses, habitat, range, cultivation etc. , 1189 Title Nothofagus cunninghamii Notesheet Publication Author Website http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A factsheet produced by the ]. The tree yields an excellent timber and is often harvested from the wild for commercial use.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeAustralia - Tasmania and southern Victoria.
HabitatMoist sheltered localities in temperate rainforests[ 154 Title Flora of Victoria. Publication Author Ewart. A. J. Publisher University Press; Melbourne Year 1930 ISBN Description A flora of eastern Australia, it is rather short on information that is useful to the plant project. , 156 Title Useful Wild Plants in Australia. Publication Author Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Publisher William Collins Pty Ltd. Sidney Year 1981 ISBN 0-00-216441-8 Description A very readable book. ]. A major component of temperate rainforest, often in pure stands, or as an understorey in tall eucalypt forest[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. , 397 Title Australian Native Plants Society Publication Author Website http://anpsa.org.au/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A series of fact sheets on Australian plants. Good photographs, brief description and information on uses, habitat, range, cultivation etc. ].
