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Western She Oak

Allocasuarina zephyrea

Western She Oak
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Western she oak is a small dioecious shrub native to Tasmania, growing in woodland, heath and rocky outcrops. It is a hardy native that suits open, sunny, well-drained sites in cool temperate to subtropical gardens.

Family
Casuarinaceae (Casuarin family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then rely on rainfall; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gravelly, acidic to neutral soil.
Temperature
Tolerates cool temperate conditions; frost-hardy, protect young plants from severe cold.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Tasmania
Climate
subtropical

About

Allocasuarina zephyrea is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a dioecious shrub that has branchlets up to 190 mm (7.5 in) long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of seven to nine or ten, the fruiting cones 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) long containing winged seeds 4.0–5.5 mm (0.16–0.22 in) long.

Where it grows

Allocasuarina zephyrea is endemic to Tasmania, growing in woodland, heath, sedgeland and on rocky outcrops from the western lowlands to central and south-eastern highlands, as well as on King Island.

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 zephyrea 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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