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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Hard Beech
| image = NothofagusTruncataFoliage.jpg
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fagales]]
| familia = [[Nothofagaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Nothofagus]]''
| species = '''''N. truncata'''''
| binomial = ''Nothofagus truncata''
| binomial_authority = ([[William Colenso|Colenso]]) Cockayne
}}
'''''Nothofagus truncata''''' or '''Hard Beech''' is a species of tree [[endemism|endemic]] to New Zealand. Its common name derives from the fact that its [[wood]] has a high [[silica]] content, making it hard and difficult to saw.<ref name="Dawson and Lucas">Dawson, John, and R. Lucas, ''The Nature Guide to the New Zealand Forest'', Godwit, 2000</ref> Hard Beech is a tree up to 30m tall occurring in lowland and lower montane forest from lat. 35°S to 42°30'S, that is, from the north of the [[North Island]] to Marlborough and south Westland in the [[South Island]]. It does not occur on [[Mount Taranaki/Egmont]]. The coriaceous, broadly ovate leaves range from 2.5 to 4cm long, and have from 8 to 12 pairs of coarse blunt teeth. The slate to dark grey bark is thick and furrowed.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*Flora of New Zealand, URL:[http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/Taxon.aspx?id=_c1345e69-561e-4b2c-b64e-c1852c6afb6f&fileName=Flora%201.xml ''Nothofagus truncata'']. Accessed 29 May 2007.
*New Zealand Plant Conservation Network, URL:[http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/vascular_plants/detail.asp?PlantID=1062 ''Nothofagus truncata'']. Accessed 29 May 2007.
{{Commons|Nothofagus truncata|''Nothofagus truncata''}}
[[Category:Nothofagaceae]]
[[Category:Trees of New Zealand]]
[[mi:Hututāwhai]]
{{tree-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = Hard Beech
| image = NothofagusTruncataFoliage.jpg
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fagales]]
| familia = [[Nothofagaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Nothofagus]]''
| species = '''''N. truncata'''''
| binomial = ''Nothofagus truncata''
| binomial_authority = ([[William Colenso|Colenso]]) Cockayne
}}
'''''Nothofagus truncata''''' or '''Hard Beech''' is a species of tree [[endemism|endemic]] to New Zealand. Its common name derives from the fact that its [[wood]] has a high [[silica]] content, making it hard and difficult to saw.<ref name="Dawson and Lucas">Dawson, John, and R. Lucas, ''The Nature Guide to the New Zealand Forest'', Godwit, 2000</ref> Hard Beech is a tree up to 30m tall occurring in lowland and lower montane forest from lat. 35°S to 42°30'S, that is, from the north of the [[North Island]] to Marlborough and south Westland in the [[South Island]]. It does not occur on [[Mount Taranaki/Egmont]]. The coriaceous, broadly ovate leaves range from 2.5 to 4cm long, and have from 8 to 12 pairs of coarse blunt teeth. The slate to dark grey bark is thick and furrowed.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*Flora of New Zealand, URL:[http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/Taxon.aspx?id=_c1345e69-561e-4b2c-b64e-c1852c6afb6f&fileName=Flora%201.xml ''Nothofagus truncata'']. Accessed 29 May 2007.
*New Zealand Plant Conservation Network, URL:[http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/vascular_plants/detail.asp?PlantID=1062 ''Nothofagus truncata'']. Accessed 29 May 2007.
{{Commons|Nothofagus truncata|''Nothofagus truncata''}}
[[Category:Nothofagaceae]]
[[Category:Trees of New Zealand]]
[[mi:Hututāwhai]]
{{tree-stub}}