New Zealand Beech Forest - photos

Beech Forest	Beech Trees	Forest Floor	Beech Tree
Beech Forest	Beech Roots	Beech Roots	Beech Forest
Beech Forest	Beech Tree	Beech Branches	Beech Tree
Tree Trunk	Beech Tree	Beech Tree	Beech Tree
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About New Zealand Beech Forest

Beech is the second major forest type in New Zealand. This forest becomes more complex with higher rainfall such as the forests located to the west of the Southern Alps where the forests growth appears more luxuriant, largely as a result of the profusion of lichens, mosses, liverworts and moss-like filmy-ferns clothing the forest floor, trunks, and branches of the trees. These lush Beech forests are often swathed in mist giving them a mysterious appearance.

While Beech forests are common in the South Island, they also grow in the North Island but higher up on mountain slopes, and often above lowland temperate rainforest. Some high altitude plains in the North Island have Beech forests, such as the Central Plateau area in the middle of the North Island.