Swamp she-oak
Casuarina glauca
About
Casuarina glauca, commonly known as swamp she-oak, swamp buloke, swamp she-oak, marsh sheoak, grey she-oak, native pine, or guman by the Gadigal people, is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a dioecious tree that often forms root suckers and has fissured and scaly bark, spreading or drooping branchlets, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of 12 to 20, the fruit 9–18 mm (0.35–0.71 in) long containing winged seeds (samaras) 3.5–5.0 mm (0.14–0.20 in) long.
- Family
- Casuarinaceae
How to use it
Swamp she-oak plays an important ecological role in its native habitat, providing shelter and food for various wildlife. Its ability to thrive in wet conditions makes it valuable for erosion control and stabilizing soil in marshy areas.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Casuarina glauca
- Slug
- casuarina-glauca
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Casuarinaceae
- Genus
- Casuarina
- Species
- glauca
- Wikidata QID
- Q2941555
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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