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| Botanical Name: |
Casuarina equisetifolia
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| Sounds like: |
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| Common Name: |
Coastal She-Oak; Horsetail She-Oak
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| Family Name: |
CASUARINACEAE
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| Genus: |
Casuarina
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| species |
equisetifolia
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| Name Derivation |
G: like the Cassowary bird, refers to the drooping branches
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| Growth Habit: |
Evergreen tree
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| Dimensions: |
5-20m x 5-10m
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| Flower: |
Small male flowers, produced in cylindrical spikes 1-1.5cm long, female on globular spikes.
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| Climate: |
Tolerates coastal conditions, prefers well drained soils, tolerates most soil types, in a full sun or part shade position.
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| Fruit: |
Woody cone 1-1.5cm long, sharply pointed valves, cylindrical or ovoid.
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| Propagation: |
Seed
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| Horticulture Use: |
Used as a fast growing screening plant, windbreak, for rejuvenation of sand dunes, and as a street tree, particularly in coastal areas.
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| Culture & Maintenance: |
Provide a full sun position if possible. Ensure that soil is well drained and limed for quick results. This plant is a nitrogen fixer and will tolerate low nutrient soils.
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| Foliage: |
Reduced to whorls of 6-8 leaf-teeth, at the nodes, short, acute.
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