Common Name: Common Oak-bush
Botanical Name: Allocasuarina muelleriana
Family: CASUARINACEAE
Description:
Grey-green to reddish, stunted to tall shrub, 1-4 m high. Seemingly absent, represented by 6-8 minute scales (leaf teeth) in close whorls around the branchlets (triangular in cross-section). Erect, curved branchlets greyish-green to red-brown, sharply ribbed. Mostly with male and female flowers on separate plants. Male flowers are thin, reddish-brown spikes, 1-5 cm long. Autumn to early winter. Cylindrical, woody (often pointed) cone, 1-4 cm long by 2 cm wide, on short stalks, sometimes appearing deformed, containing dark brown, winged seeds. Throughout year (particularly late summer to autumn).
Grey-green to reddish, stunted to tall shrub, 1-4 m high. Seemingly absent, represented by 6-8 minute scales (leaf teeth) in close whorls around the branchlets (triangular in cross-section). Erect, curved branchlets greyish-green to red-brown, sharply ribbed. Mostly with male and female flowers on separate plants. Male flowers are thin, reddish-brown spikes, 1-5 cm long. Autumn to early winter. Cylindrical, woody (often pointed) cone, 1-4 cm long by 2 cm wide, on short stalks, sometimes appearing deformed, containing dark brown, winged seeds. Throughout year (particularly late summer to autumn).
Natural Distribution:
Occurs on poor sandy to rocky soil types in all agricultural districts of SA. Extends into Vic. Common to woodland and mallee areas.
Occurs on poor sandy to rocky soil types in all agricultural districts of SA. Extends into Vic. Common to woodland and mallee areas.
Notes:
Seeds extracted by a variety of bird species including cockatoos, parrots and galahs.
Seeds extracted by a variety of bird species including cockatoos, parrots and galahs.
