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Red beech flooring

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Red beech flooring

When seasoned and prepared correctly, the creamy pink and reddish tones of red beech timber make attractive wall panelling, furniture and polished floors.

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Joanna Orwin, Southern beech forest – Beech timber, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13323/red-beech-flooring (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Joanna Orwin, published 1 March 2009.