Fagus
Posted: Wed 18 Mar, 2020 7:29 amMorning all.. anyone been into Cradle this week .if so much turning of the fagus yet?
From Rangers working out there
https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/science/ ... g/12147698
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Posted: Wed 18 Mar, 2020 7:29 amRe: Fagus
Posted: Sun 26 Apr, 2020 8:42 amRe: Fagus
Posted: Sun 26 Apr, 2020 9:20 amOn the 26th Feb we came across this on the Arm River Track.
It is a beech leaf, but I was not convinced it was fagus.
Has anyone seen a non-fagus beech turning this colour?
It is a beech leaf, but I was not convinced it was fagus.
Has anyone seen a non-fagus beech turning this colour?
Re: Fagus
Posted: Sun 26 Apr, 2020 1:24 pmThat looks like nothofagus cunninghamii (Tasmanian Myrtle or Myrtle Beech).
The deciduous beech is nothofagus gunni and has a more serrated and crinkled leaf.
The deciduous beech is nothofagus gunni and has a more serrated and crinkled leaf.
Re: Fagus
Posted: Sun 26 Apr, 2020 10:39 pmAgreed. But I was not aware they change colour like that?
Re: Fagus
Posted: Mon 27 Apr, 2020 12:12 amThat colour variation on the nothofagus cuninghamii is a result of new growth as far as I am aware
Re: Fagus
Posted: Mon 27 Apr, 2020 1:02 pmweetbix456 wrote:That colour variation on the nothofagus cuninghamii is a result of new growth as far as I am aware
Second this. I believe it's a way of the plant not overusing delicate new growth if that growth is in a sunnier place. Sunscreen if you like. I've seen whole Myrtles in January/February that are coloured red-yellow when in an exposed spot. The leaves are really soft too, not as tough as the older growth. I have seen this colouration in other alive plants too, even some tea-trees.
I would love to be looking at fagus right now! Alas.
Re: Fagus
Posted: Mon 27 Apr, 2020 4:54 pmI’d agree new growth too, although yours it is very distinct (and beautiful).