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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.

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