Nothofagus gunnii (Hook.f.) Oerst.

Deciduous Beech

Small deciduous tree to 5 m tall. Leaves ovate to orbicular with the surface folded into corrugations; margins toothed; colouring orange-yellow in autumn. Fruits to 1 cm long.

Tasmania

Grows naturally on the C, W and S mountains at an altitude of c. 1000-1400 m in subalpine shrubland, sometimes in pure stands.

Sometimes available but difficult to grow.

Deciduous tree with colourful autumn foliage; leaves corrugated.

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Fagaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Rosanae
order      Fagales
family       Nothofagaceae
genus        Nothofagus Blume