Allocasuarina littoralis
Common names
black sheoak
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
Red/Pink
Similar taxa
Other Casuarina and Allocasuarina species
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Casuarinaceae
Synonyms
Casuarina littoralis, C. suberosa
Ecology
Flowering
Dioecious (http://www.florabank.org.au/) [cf. Flora NZ 4 which says ‘monoecious’]
Fruiting
Woody ‘cones’ remain on tree for long periods.
Year naturalised
1981
Origin
Eastern Australia and Tasmania
Reason for introduction
Ornamental, shelter
Propagation technique
Seed
Other information
Etymology
littoralis: From the Latin littus ‘shore’, meaning shore-loving or growing on the shore
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
ALLLIT