Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Allocasuarina torulosa
Common name
Forest oak
Family
Casuarinaceae
Where found
Dry forest, woodland, and along streams. Coast and ranges mainly north of Kiama.
Notes
Tree to 30 m high. Bark corky. Branchlets to 14 cm long. Articles 4-angled on young growth, 5–6 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm in diameter, ridges slightly rounded-convex. Leaves very small, forming whorls of teeth on the branchlets. Teeth 4 or 5, erect, not overlapping, not withering. Male and female flowers usually on different plants, sometimes on the same plant. Male flowers brown, in spikes, female flowers red, in tight clusters, appearing single. Male spikes slender, 2-4 mm long. Cones warty; cone body 15–33 mm long, 12–25 mm in diameter, bracteoles thickly woody and convex, pointed. Mature 'seeds' red-brown to black, shining, with one wing.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Allocasuarina~torulosa (accessed 2 January, 2021)
This identification key and fact sheets are available as a free mobile application:
