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Story: Forest succession and regeneration

Beech seedlings

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Beech seedlings

Southern beech (Nothofagus) forests can regenerate rapidly if their seedlings are the first to grow up on a cleared site. One or two of these beech seedlings growing on a fallen beech log are likely to reach canopy height and replace the fallen tree.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Forest succession and regeneration – Beech and conifer forest regeneration, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11912/beech-seedlings (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.