11009-21322 Silver beech (Lophozonia menziesii) wind blown pollen forms a yellow haze over the forest. Lower Eglington Valley, Fiordland *
11009-21311 Red beech (Fuscospora fusca) flowers and leaves. Beech does not seed annually, so there are erratic production levels ranging from zero to thousands of seeds per square metre in any given year. Red beech seeds containing three times as much energy as the seeds of other beech species. Eglington Valley *
DSC_0782 Red beech (Fuscospora fusca) forest interior, with mature 350 year old tree with damp, moss-covered trunk and branches. Soft tree fern, or katote (Alsophila smithii) surround the tree. Smaller than Cyathea medullaris, these slow growing tree ferns reach up to 8m tall, and grows throughout New Zealand. On the subantarctic Auckland Islands this becomes the southern-most tree fern in the world. The fronds often leave a skirt around the slender, fibrous trunk after they have died. Herrick Creek, Wet Jacket Arm, Breaksea Sound, Fiordland *
