Antarctic beech has small deciduous leaves. Exposed conditions may produce a stunted shrub; in cultivation it usually forms an irregularly crowned tree.
Listed size: tree or stunted shrub depending on site. Flowering or reproductive structures: inconspicuous flowers. These describe the taxon, rather than a measurement of the particular plant in Prague.
Lifespan: A numerical lifespan range is not established by the references used.
Karel Loprais (4 March 1949 – 30 December 2021) was a Czech rally raid driver and six-time winner of the Dakar Rally in the truck category.
He started working in Tatra, Kopřivnice, Czechoslovakia, as a factory worker in 1967, later becoming a test driver. He competed with a Tatra 815 truck in the Dakar Rally for the first time in 1986, being disqualified from the 2nd place for arriving late to the last stage start. He competed 19 times between 1986-2006 and claimed six titles (1988, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001), four second places (1987, 1996, 2000, 2002), one third place (1992), two fourth places (1990, 1991) and one seventh place (2004).
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