Casuarina glauca

Sieber ex Sprengel

Syst. Veg. 3: 803. 1826.

Common names: Swamp she-oak gray she-oak suckering Australian-pine scaly-bark beefwood Brazilian beefwood
IllustratedIntroduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Trees, 8-20 m, frequently producing root suckers. Bark gray-brown, finely fissured and scaly. Branchlets drooping; segments 8-20 × 0.9-1.2 mm, glabrous, occasionally waxy; longitudinal ridges flat to slightly rounded-convex; teeth usually marcescent, 12-17, erect, 0.6-0.9 mm. Young permanent shoots with long-recurved teeth. Flowers unisexual, staminate and pistillate on different plants. Staminate spikes 1.2-4 cm, 7-10 whorls per cm; anthers ca. 0.8 mm. Infructescences rust-colored to white-pubescent, becoming glabrous; peduncles 3-12 mm; infructescence body 9-18 × 7-9 mm; bracteoles broadly acute. Samaras 3.5-5 mm.


Habitat: Commonly near brackish water
Elevation: 0-50 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Fla., native, e coast Australia.

Discussion

Commonly near brackish water; 0-50 m; introduced; Fla.; native, e coast Australia.

Casuarina glauca is widely cultivated in many parts of the world. Pistillate trees are very infrequent in the flora.

It is now considered a pest species in Florida because of root suckering. Its identification may be confused by the practice of some Florida nurserymen of grafting scions of Casuarina glauca onto rootstocks from the other two species.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Casuarina glauca"
Karen L. Wilson +
Sieber ex Sprengel +
Swamp she-oak +, gray she-oak +, suckering Australian-pine +, scaly-bark beefwood +  and Brazilian beefwood +
Fla. +, native +  and e coast Australia. +
0-50 m +
Commonly near brackish water +
W1 +, Illustrated +  and Introduced +
Casuarina glauca +
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