Description
A unique Deciduous shrub , known as the tanglefoot- or deciduous beech, or Australian beech ... Making a rambling small woody tree with a shrubby appearance up to 8-10 metres often much less , in moist cold alpine Tasmania .... Tiny leaves of green turn beautifully yellow , gold and orange in Autumn ... Understand this Southern Beech is growing in an endemic environment , hard to replicate in other parts of Australia ... Do not over feed or over pot and keep in a constant moist ,sheltered and yet drained position ... Grow at altitudes of up to 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) ... It grows in the alpine and sub-alpine regions of central Tasmania , absent from the coast ... This beautiful Gondwana plant , discovered in 1847 by R.C Gunn and evidence exists that it once inhabited Antarctica ... Accessible to view around Dove Lake Cradle Mtn & Mt Field national park Tasmania …
Family: Nothofagaceae