Prices:

	Each	20 or more
2.5L Pot	$9.50	$9.00

Details:

Type:	Tree
Growth Rate:	Medium
Mature Height:	20 m
Mature Width:	2 m
Site Condition:	Exposed, Frost Tolerant, Heavy Soil, Loamy Soil
Sun:	Full Sun, Part Shade
Drainage:	Dry, Moist
Features:	Suitable for hedging or shelter. Attractive to birds and insects. Flower colour: Red. Foliage colour: Dark Green. Fruit colour: Brown (Dry). Native. Suitable restoration species.

Fuscospora solandri, commonly called Black Beech, is a tall attractive tree with black bark and tough leathery leaves. Wind-hardier than other beeches. Suits moderately fertile, well-drained soils at low altitude in drier eastern areas. Evergreen.

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. Differs from mountain beech by the oblong leaves with obtuse apices and obvious leaf venation. Although the two are closely allied and readily form hybrids, they are distinct species.

Habitat: Lowland to montane forest. At times the canopy dominant and forming its own distinctive forest type.

Flowering: Spring [September - December]
Fruiting:    Summer [November - April]