Casuarina — 7 species
Botanical species in the genus Casuarina recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Casuarina collina
Casuarina collina
Family: Casuarinaceae
Cultivation
This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby.
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Casuarina cristata
Casuarina cristata
Family: Casuarinaceae
Cultivation
Casuarina cristata is a plant mainly of the warm temperate and subtropical zones, though it does just reach into the tropics. It is found at elevations up to 800 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 24 - 34°c, but can tolerate 8 - 40°c.
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Casuarina cunninghamiana
Casuarina cunninghamiana
Family: Casuarinaceae
Cultivation
Casuarina cunninghamiana succeeds in warm temperate to tropical areas at elevations from sea level to 2,200 metres. Plants grow best in areas where the mean annual temperature is in the range 13 - 29°c and the mean annual precipitation in the range of 500 - 1,500mm. Heavy frosts can occur up to 50 times in a year in some parts of its range and mature plants can tolerate short periods with temperatures down to about -10°c, but young growth is badly damaged at -1°c.
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Casuarina equisetifolia
Casuarina equisetifolia
Family: Casuarinaceae
Cultivation
Casuarina equisetifolia is adaptable to a wide range of conditions, being found from the semi-arid to subhumid tropics and subtropics, usually near sea level but succeeding under cultivation at heights up to 1,400 metres. It grows best in areas where the mean annual temperature is in the range 10 - 35°c and prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 700 - 2,000mm, though it tolerates 200 - 3,500mm. In most areas where it grows there is a distinct dry period of 4 - 6 months, although this seasonality decreases towards the equator in Southeast Asia and in the southern parts of its range in Australia.
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Casuarina glauca
Casuarina glauca
Family: Casuarinaceae
Cultivation
Casuarina glauca grows best at elevations lower than 900 metres. It is reported to tolerate an annual precipitation in the range of 500 to 4,000mm, estimated annual temperature range of 18 to 28°c, and a pH of 5 to 8. Plants have grown in Israel under a soil crust of salt (50,000 ppm).
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Casuarina junghuhniana
Casuarina junghuhniana
Family: Casuarinaceae
Cultivation
A plant of fairly moist tropical areas, usually found at higher elevations above 1,500 metres and as high as 3,100 metres, though it can succeed almost at sea level. Rainfall in its natural habitat is monsoonal, with a well-defined summer maximum and a reported annual range of 700 - 1,500 mm. The mean maximum temperature of the hottest month ranges from 25 - 28°c, whilst the mean minimum temperature of the coldest month ranges from 19 - 22°c.
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Casuarina oligodon
Casuarina oligodon
Family: Casuarinaceae
Cultivation
This is truly a tropical highland species, being found at elevations up to 2,500 metres or sometimes even higher. It grows in areas where the mean annual rainfall is in the range 1,900 - 2,600 mm, there is a high relative humidity throughout the year with a weak dry season of up to 2 months and the temperatures vary from 11 - 15°c minimum at night to 24 - 30°c maximum during the day. Prefers a sunny position.
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