Beilschmedia tawa
Tawa
Canopy tree with a tall dark single trunk. Leaves thin, narrow, gradually tapering to base and the pointed tip, yellowish when young, when mature drooping, glossy, pale underneath. Evergreen tree up to 35 m tall. Trunk straight, 1.2-2 m diam., with buttressed base. Bark smooth, dark brown.
Common throughout the North Island. In the South Island common from Cape Farewell east through the Marlborough Sounds. Extending south of there only in the east where it almost reaches Kaikoura.
Major canopy dominant in the lowland and lower montane forests of the North Island and northern South island. May form pure stands but usually occurs in close association with podocarps such as rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum).
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Habitat:
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Suits temperate conditions.
Sunlight:
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Prefers full sun..
Application:
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Use in revegetation plantings.
Use in single specimen amenity plantings.
Size:
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Mature: diameter 10m x height 10m
Planting centres: 5m+
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Tawa
Canopy tree with a tall dark single trunk. Leaves thin, narrow, gradually tapering to base and the pointed tip, yellowish when young, when mature drooping, glossy, pale underneath. Evergreen tree up to 35 m tall. Trunk straight, 1.2-2 m diam., with buttressed base. Bark smooth, dark brown.
Common throughout the North Island. In the South Island common from Cape Farewell east through the Marlborough Sounds. Extending south of there only in the east where it almost reaches Kaikoura.
Major canopy dominant in the lowland and lower montane forests of the North Island and northern South island. May form pure stands but usually occurs in close association with podocarps such as rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum).
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Habitat:
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Suits temperate conditions.
Sunlight:
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Prefers full sun..
Application:
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Use in revegetation plantings.
Use in single specimen amenity plantings.
Size:
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Mature: diameter 10m x height 10m
Planting centres: 5m+
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Tawa
Canopy tree with a tall dark single trunk. Leaves thin, narrow, gradually tapering to base and the pointed tip, yellowish when young, when mature drooping, glossy, pale underneath. Evergreen tree up to 35 m tall. Trunk straight, 1.2-2 m diam., with buttressed base. Bark smooth, dark brown.
Common throughout the North Island. In the South Island common from Cape Farewell east through the Marlborough Sounds. Extending south of there only in the east where it almost reaches Kaikoura.
Major canopy dominant in the lowland and lower montane forests of the North Island and northern South island. May form pure stands but usually occurs in close association with podocarps such as rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum).
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Habitat:
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Suits temperate conditions.
Sunlight:
–––––––––--
Prefers full sun..
Application:
–––––––––--
Use in revegetation plantings.
Use in single specimen amenity plantings.
Size:
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Mature: diameter 10m x height 10m
Planting centres: 5m+
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