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Silver and red beech seeds

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Silver and red beech seeds

Silver beech seeds (top) are about 5 millimetres long and roughly oblong. The tips of three narrow wings extend above the body of the seed. Red beech seeds (bottom) are about 7 millimetres long and oval. The wings are broad at the base of the seed and taper to a point.

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Reference: 10049561 (top); 10049562 (bottom)

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Joanna Orwin, Southern beech forest – Distribution, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13311/silver-and-red-beech-seeds (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Joanna Orwin, published 1 March 2009.