Allocasuarina littoralis

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Eudicots > Rosids  > Fagales > Casuarinaceae > Allocasuarina  littoralis

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Plant  information

Common name:               Black Sheoak

• Also, black she-oak, or river black-oak  

Conservation status:   . . .

Etymology:   

• It is named for its growth near the coast; this is somewhat misleading, as it will grow well both inland and in coastal zones

Flowers:         

• The showy red female flowers appear in spring

• It is usually dioecious

Fruit:                         

• Small cones

Leaves:         

• Has modified branchlets appearing to be leaves (5–8 cm long) and narrow width (no more than 4 mm) 

• The true leaves are, in fact minute (rarely larger than 1mm) and occur on the tips of the modified branchlets

Stem & branches:     

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A medium-sized evergreen tree

• Usually up to 8 m, but sometimes to 15 m 

Habitat:   

• Coarse shrub in exposed maritime areas

• It grows in woodland and sometimes in tall heath, and it grows in sandy and other poor soils

Distribution:                  

• An endemic Australian tree 

• The species occurs in Queensland, NSW, ACT, Victoria, and Tasmania

Additional notes:     

• It is a relatively fast growing tree (up to 800mm. a year) making it very suitable for planting along roadsides

Sources of information:

•  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allocasuarina_littoralis (2023)