Wallum Nurseries

Wallum NurNurseries - Growers of Australian Natives for Revegetation

Allocasuarina torulosa

Common Name: FOREST SHE-OAK

Height: 20

Size: NT Premium

Habitat: Dry Sclerophyll Forest

Price: $1.95

Product Description

Description: A tall evergreen tree with drooping branchlets forming an irregular conical habit. The leaves are reduced to tiny scales on bronze green cladobes, (modified stems that can photosynthesise) forming a needle like appearance. Plants are either male or female, with male trees bearing solitary flower spikes on the ends of the branches, while female flowers are reddish brown and borne in clusters. Its bark is distinctly fissured (rough).

Pot Size: 50m Native Tube

Position: Full sun

Uses: Screening, streetscapes, verges, parks and native gardens

Plant Spacing:

Maintenance: Low