FAGACEAE

Myrtle, Myrtle Beech

 

50.0m (5000cm) 

On new growth, male: solitary stalked,hanging stamens, female: unstalked in threes in axils. 

Nutlets 

Tree or sometimes a dense shrub 

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar 

Rainforest; Wet Eucalypt Forest 

Dominates rainforest throughout most of the state. It also occurs as an understorey tree in tall eucalypt forest and extends as a shrub into the subalpine and alpine zones. Slow growing in cultivation. Will stand full sun but prefers shade. 

Moist; Moist; Shady 

Hardy 

Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained 

The timber, pinkish-brown in colour, takes a fine polish and is valued for cabinet work, joinery, floor-boards and the heels of shoes. Not suitable below powerlines. 

Seed borne in small nutlets,4mm in diameter, each with a central flat seed and two winged seeds (both germinable). seed falls over several months: later in the season has lower viability. heavy crops usually every 2-3 years 

Standard 

possibly 4 years 

 

Best sown fresh. Storage at 3-5o Cwill help extend viability. Viable seed sinks after soaking in water for 48 hrs. Highest viability (about 45%) occurs in heavy seed crop years and is higher for seed picked at the peak of collection period. Higher altitudes reduce viability. 

6-8 weeks 

 

 

 

No 

Usually give a low percentage of success.