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Allocasuarina thalassoscopica

Allocasuarina thalassoscopica
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Allocasuarina thalassoscopica is a low, spreading to erect she-oak shrub native to coastal south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales. It forms dense heath on windswept coastal slopes and is not a commonly grown garden or houseplant.

Family
Casuarinaceae (Casuarin family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; it tolerates dry, windy coastal conditions.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or sandy loam soil, tolerant of poor, nutrient-poor soils.
Temperature
Suited to subtropical coastal climates; protect from hard frost.
Native range
SE. Queensland to NE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Allocasuarina thalassoscopica is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a spreading to erect, dioecious shrub that has branchlets up to 180 mm (7.1 in) long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of five to seven, the fruiting cones 12–28 mm (0.47–1.10 in) long containing winged seeds 4.0–8.0 mm (0.16–0.31 in) long.

Where it grows

This she-oak forms a dense, low, closed heath on the windswept south-facing upper slopes of Mount Coolum and along the coast from Noosa Heads in south-east Queensland to Diamond Beach in northern New South Wales.

Other Allocasuarina plants

Allocasuarina acuaria · Allocasuarina acutivalvis · Allocasuarina anfractuosa · Allocasuarina brachystachya · Allocasuarina campestris · Allocasuarina corniculata · Allocasuarina crassa · Desert oak · Karri Oak · Dwarf Heath Casuarina · Allocasuarina dielsiana · Allocasuarina diminuta

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allocasuarina thalassoscopica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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