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Allocasuarina striata, commonly known as the small bull oak, [1] stalked oak-bush [2] or the tall oak-bush, is a shrub of the genus Allocasuarina native to South Australia. [ 3 ] Description
The genera Allocasuarina was created out of a grouping of plants formerly placed in Casuarina, because of subtle but consistent differences – Casuarina species have 6 to 20 scale-like teeth in each whorl of leaves, their samaras are grey or yellowish-brown, and the bracteoles of the fruiting cones are thin, woody and extend well beyond the ...
In Australia, the most widely used common name for Casuarinaceae species is sheoak or she-oak (a comparison of the timber quality with English oak). Other common names in Australia include ironwood, bull-oak or buloke, beefwood, [8] or cassowary tree. [9] The Shire of Buloke in Victoria, Australia, is named after the species Allocasuarina ...
Allocasuarina media is a dioecious, or rarely a monoecious shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) and has smooth bark. Its branchlets are more or less erect, up to 200 mm (7.9 in) long, the leaves reduced to erect or slightly spreading, scale-like teeth about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long, arranged in whorls of six to eight around the branchlets.
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Allocasuarina paludosa is a spreading, monoecious or dioecious shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–4 m (1 ft 0 in – 13 ft 1 in). Its branchlets are more or less erect, up to 200 mm (7.9 in) long, the leaves reduced to erect or spreading, scale-like teeth 0.5–0.9 mm (0.020–0.035 in) long, arranged in whorls of six to eight around the branchlets.
Allocasuarina nana is a spreading, dioecious or rarely monoecious shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–2 m (7.9 in – 6 ft 6.7 in). Its branchlets are more or less erect, up to 80 mm (3.1 in) long, the leaves reduced to erect, scale-like teeth 0.5–0.6 mm (0.020–0.024 in) long, arranged in whorls of four to six around the branchlets.
Immature female cones. Allocasuarina paradoxa is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to Victoria.It is a dioecious or monoecious shrub that has branchlets up to 150 mm (5.9 in) long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of seven to eleven, the fruiting cones 13–25 mm (0.51–0.98 in) long containing winged seeds 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) long.