Casuarinaceae FAMILY

Allocasuarina distyla

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Allocasuarina distyla is an evergreen shrub growing around 1 - 3 metres tall, although in richer soils it can reach 7 metres[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. , 343 Title Growing Native Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/ Publisher Australian National Botanic Gardens Year 0 ISBN Description A series of articles giving details of cultivation and matters of general interest (including a few plant uses) on over 250 Australian plants. ]. Another, somewhat dubious report says it usually grows around 12 - 18 metres tall with a bole around 45 - 60cm in diameter[ 601 Title The Useful Native Plants of Australia. Publication Author Maiden J.H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Turner & Co.; London. Year 1889 ISBN Description Terse details of the uses of many Australian plants and other species naturalised, or at least growing, in Australia. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is possibly used as a source of wood. It is grown as an ornamental and a street tree, and has a value in stabilizing soils and preventing erosion.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAustralia - New South Wales

HabitatTall heath on sandstone hillsides[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. ].