Allocasuarina grampiana

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information

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Plant  information

Common name:               Grampians sheoak  

Conservation status:   unknown

Etymology:   

Flowers:                  

Fruit:                         

• Cones are cylindrical and are between 13 and 35 mm long and about 8mm in diameter

• These produce 5mm long winged seeds

Leaves:         

Stem & branches:        

•  It grows to between 1 and 4 metres high and has ascending needle-like branchlets to 15 cm long which have a waxy bloom

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A dioecious shrub or tree 

Habitat:   

• It grows on sandstone outcrops

Distribution:                  

•  The species is endemic to the Grampians in Victoria, Australia 

Additional notes:     

• The species was formally described in 1989 by botanist Lawrie Johnson, based on plant material collected at Mount Rosea