Fagus Trees on Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, Australia
by Elaine Teague
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Fagus Trees on Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, Australia
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Elaine Teague
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_Canon 7D, EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM_
Taken from Dove Lake in Cradle Mountain National Park. Had to use my zoom lens to capture the changing colours of the fagus to compensate for the fact I wasn't prepared to climb the mountain.
Fuscospora gunnii, the tanglefoot- or deciduous beech, or fagus, is a deciduous shrub endemic to the highlands of Tasmania, Australia. It was discovered in 1847 by R.C Gunn and evidence exists that it once lived in Antarctica. F. Gunnii was previously included in the genus Nothofagus, although recent DNA analysis has placed it in the genus Fuscospora. F. Gunnii is a small woody tree with a shrubby appearance known to grow up to 3 metres (9.8 ft). It lives only on mountains due to temperature limitations within the Tasmanian maritime climate and can survive up to heights of 1,400 metres (4,600 ft). It grows in alpine and sub-alpine regions in the west to central portions of the state but is absent from the mountains of the northeast. Though capable of reaching the size of a small tree, it rarely exceeds 2 metres (6.6 ft) in height, instead growing as a thick shrub or as a woody ground cover hence its common name of "tanglefoot".
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