Myrtle Beech (Noun)
Meaning
Large evergreen tree of Tasmania.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Myrtle beech is an environmental keystone species of the Tasmanian forests that provide numerous ecosystem services and habitat to many other species.
- In the Tasmanian wilderness, myrtle beech trees are among the most scenic with trunks often becoming characteristically buttressed with age.
- Fossil records show that myrtle beech have been native to Tasmania for millions of years.
- Cutting down the myrtle beech forest is discouraged for it allows the full force of global climate shifts to be felt.
- Myrtle beech can grow up to forty-one meters high in favorable conditions in Tasmania's rainforests.