Fuscospora truncata
Common names
hard beech, tawhairaunui
Biostatus
Native – Endemic taxon
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Simplified description
Tall forest tree bearing masses of small bluntly-toothed leaves that only occasionally have a small hairy pit at the junction of the veins. Leaves 2.5–3.5 cm long, teeth irregular in size. Flowers and fruit small and usually inconspicuous but change colour of tree when in flower.
Flower colours
Orange, Yellow
Current conservation status
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2022-2023 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS) – more information about this can be found on the NZTCS website. This report includes replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Previous assessments can be found here.
Please note, threat classifications are often suggested by authors when publications fall between NZTCS assessment periods – these interim threat classification statuses has not been assessed by the NZTCS panel.
- Conservation status of vascular plants in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2023. 2024. Peter J. de Lange, Jane Gosden, Shannel P. Courtney, Alexander J. Fergus, John W. Barkla, Sarah M. Beadel, Paul D. Champion, Rowan Hindmarsh-Walls, Troy Makan and Pascale Michel Department of Conservation. Source: NZTCS and licensed by DOC for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
2023 | Not Threatened
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Nothofagaceae
Synonyms
Fagus truncata Colenso, Nothofagus truncata (Colenso) Cockayne
Endemic taxon
Yes
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Wetland plant indicator status rating
Information derived from the revised national wetland plant list prepared to assist councils in delineating and monitoring wetlands (Clarkson et al., 2021 Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Contract Report LC3975 for Hawke’s Bay Regional Council). The national plant list categorises plants by the extent to which they are found in wetlands and not ‘drylands’. The indicator status ratings are OBL (obligate wetland), FACW (facultative wetland), FAC (facultative), FACU (facultative upland), and UPL (obligate upland). If you have suggestions for the Wetland Indicator Status Rating, please contact: [Enable JavaScript to view protected content]
FACU: Facultative Upland
Occasionally is a hydrophyte but usually occurs in uplands (non-wetlands).
Other information
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
FUSTRU
Chromosome number
2n = 26
Previous conservation statuses
2017 | Not Threatened
2012 | Not Threatened
2009 | Not Threatened
2004 | Not Threatened
Referencing and citations
References and further reading
Anonymous. 1946. Note on Nothofagus truncata. Auckland Botanical Society Journal 3: 5–6.
Anonymous. 1957. Construction of key for the genus Nothofagus. Auckland Botanical Society Journal 14: 2–3.
Cameron EK. 1997. Distribution of beech in the Waitakere Ranges. Auckland Botanical Society Journal 52: 68–72.
Greenwood RM. 1959. Hard beech in the Tararuas. Wellington Botanical Society Bulletin 31: 15–18.
Heenan PB, Smissen RD. 2013. Revised circumscription of Nothofagus and recognition of the segregate genera Fuscospora, Lophozonia, and Trisyngyne (Nothofagaceae). Phytotaxa 146: 1–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.146.1.1.
Rogan D. 1999. New northern limit for hard beech Nothofagus truncata. Auckland Botanical Society Journal 54: 1.