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Red beech, Maruia valley

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Red beech, Maruia valley

The Maruia valley contains a fine stand of red and silver beech trees. The largest trunks are red beech, which can grow as tall as 30 metres. The forest interior is quite open, with beech saplings growing below gaps in the canopy.

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Simon Nathan, West Coast places – Maruia valley, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/20980/red-beech-maruia-valley (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 3 March 2009.