Allocasuarina verticillata
Common names
drooping sheoak
Biostatus
Exotic
Conservation status
Not applicable
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Simplified description
Wide-crowned tree with drooping branchlets; grows to 10 m. Nitrogen fixing. Suckers, especially when roots are disturbed. Dioecious.
Habitat
South-east Australia; Tasmania
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Synonyms
Casuarina verticillata Lam.; Casuarina stricta Aiton
Ecology
Fruiting
Hard cone-like fruiting heads, long persistent on trees
Propagation technique
Seed; root suckers