10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTARCTIC BEECH»
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1
The
Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to
Antarctic English
[No trees grow within the Antarctic Circle today – antarctic beech is included here
for its name, not its modern range – but see also 1995 quotation.] Any of several
tall forest trees of the southern hemisphere genus Nothofagus (fam. Fagaceae) ...
2
Walks, Tracks and Trails of New South Wales
Cool temperate rainforests at Barrington Tops are characterised by the dense
canopy of a single tree species, in this case Antarctic beech, Nothofagus moorie,
which is high above, with several other tree species, such as sassafras, prickly
ash ...
3
Notes on the Natural History of the Strait of Magellan and ...
The prevailing tree was the antarctic beech (Fagus antarctica), but an evergreen
species of the same genus (F. betuloides), which occurs much more plentifully
farther west in the Strait, and the Winter's- bark tree, were also present.
Robert Oliver Cunningham, 1871
4
The Bellinger Valley: A Window in Time
They are dominated by Antarctic Beech and typically contain only one or two
other tree species. Mosses and lichens are abundant and ground ferns and tree
ferns are common. Associate species include Coachwood, Crabapple, Soft ...
5
Australia's Remarkable Trees
This Antarctic Beech has a circumference of 13 metres. Three massive, contorted
trunks, covered in moss, wind skyward. The middle trunk, hollow for the first 8
metres, twists around itself, like a giant plait. Ferns, lichen and various fungi have
...
6
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Nmaes: Common Names, ...
Oersted English: Antarctic beech N. cunninghamii (Hook.) Oersted (Fagus
cunninghamii Hook.) English: myrtle beech, myrtle, Southern beech, beech N.
dombeyi (Mirbel) Oersted Chile: coigue N. fusca (Hook.f.) Oersted English: red
beech N.
Umberto Quattrocchi, 1999
7
Narrative of a Voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean, in the ...
The vegetation of the island consists chiefly of beautiful evergreens, such as the
antarctic beech, the winter's bark, and the elegant arbutus aculeata, the holly-
leaved barberry, and a host of minor plants. These flourish on the island from one
...
William Henry Bayley Webster, 1834
8
Narrative of a voyage to the southern Atlantic ocean, in the ...
The vegetation of the island consists chiefly of beautiful evergreens, such as the
antarctic beech, the winter's bark, and the elegant arbutus aculeata, the holly-
leaved barberry, and a host of minor plants. These flourish on the island from one
...
William Henry B. Webster, 1834
9
The Fragile South Pacific: An Ecological Odyssey
The Antarctic beech is one example. In both South Australia and the tip of South
America the same species of Antarctic beech tree grows with the same insects
feeding on its leaves, providing compelling evidence that these two continents ...
10
Frommer's Chile and Easter Island
Prime Viewing: Southern Lake District and northern Patagonia, especially the
Parque Nacional Los Alerces and Parque Pumalín. Antarctic beech Antarctic
beech (Nothofagus antarctica) Commonly described as a “natural” bonsai.
Nicholas Gill, Christie Pashby, Kristina Schreck, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTARCTIC BEECH»
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Antarctic beech is used in the context of the following news items.
Dangar Falls walkway opens in time for winter tourist season
This includes an area of Antarctic Beech cool temperate rainforest which has considerable conservation significance. The action is part of the ... «Coffs Coast Advocate, Jun 15»
Socioenvironmental Catastrophe Emerges from the Ashes of …
The blaze destroyed forests of cypress, Antarctic beech (Nothofagus antártica), lenga beech (Nothofagus pumilio), coigüe or Dombey's ... «Inter Press Service, Mar 15»
Highway One: Gondwana forests NSW
Centuries old Antarctic beech trees (Nothofagus moorei) cling to the long-extinct Tweed Volcano's outer rim in the Border Ranges NP, in far ... «Australian Geographic, Mar 15»
Charmed by Kew Gardens' treasures
Yet eye-catching clusters of Atlas cedars, Antarctic beech, Himalayan bamboos, Norwegian maples and Chilean monkey puzzles - not to ... «The West Australian, Feb 15»
Dangar Falls Reserve plan of management is open for comment
The reserve contains a number of key scenic landmark features including the falls, Bielsdown River, stands of Antarctic Beech and Port ... «Coffs Coast Advocate, Nov 14»
Chile's land of ice-blue lakes
... which are home to deciduous Antarctic beech. At the southern end of the carretera, patches of Patagonian tundra begin: wide, grassy valleys ... «BBC News, Sep 14»
Is This the Oldest Living Tree?
Sussman found an Antarctic Beech in Australia estimated to be a stunning 12,000 years old. Norway spruce, you have competition. But before ... «Smithsonian, May 14»
The couple conserving South America
... the last frontier of pristine sub-Antarctic beech forest and the haunts of the critically endangered red fox, river otter and ruddy-headed goose. «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»
A visit to Australia's Gondwana Rainforests is a sensory delight
Walking along Springbrook Plateau, through remnant Antarctic beech forest 2,000 to 3,000 years old, we reached Best of All Lookout. From its ... «Dallas Morning News, Feb 14»
Barrington Tops refuses to yield the 32-year mystery of the missing …
Protected from bushfires by consistent rains, they are dominated by gnarly Antarctic beech, which grow to 50m and can live for many hundreds ... «The Australian, Nov 13»
