Coastal she- oak
Casuarina equisetifolia, Fam. Casuarinaceae
Tree to 12m high with weeping grey-green branchlets.
| Weed Category: | |
| Weed: | No |
| Form or habit: | Med tree |
| Family: | Casuarinaceae |
| Leaf: | Unknown Whorled Leaves are reduced to branchlets 0.7-1mm thick (no true leaves), whorls 6-8, teeth at nodes of branchlets. |
| Flower conspicuous: | Inconspicuous |
| Flower colour: |
Red |
| Flower description: | Monoecious, flower colour due to stamens and styles, rusty male flowers terminal on spikes and red female flowers occur on older wood, flowering period April to June but sporadic. |
| Fruit conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Fruit colour: |
Brown |
| Fruit: | Dry |
| Fruit description: | Brown cones, 1-2 x 1-1.3cm, subglobose to cylindrical shape from June to January. |
| Habitat: | Beach scrub, coastal dune, littoral rainforest |
| Distribution | Coastal districts of Queensland, New South Wales and Northern Territory. |
| Food source for: | Seeds consumed by red-tailed black cockatoo, rainbow lorikeet consumes seed, buds, flowers and foilage. Also ecologically important to the larva of thePernattia exposita. |
| Toxicity: | No toxicity known |
| Origin: | Auustralia |
| Notes: | |
| Information sources: | Melzer R. & Plumb J. (2007) Plants of Capricornia., Townsend K. & the Society for Growing Australian Plant Townsville Branch Inc. (1994) Across the Top: Gardening with Australian Plants in the tropics. |
