Swamp She-Oak
Casuarina glauca, commonly known as swamp she-oak, swamp buloke, swamp she-oak, marsh sheoak, grey she-oak, native pine, or guman by the Gadigal people, is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a dioecious tree that often forms root suckers and has fissured and scaly bark, spreading or drooping branchlets, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of 12 to 20, the fruit 9–18 mm (0.35–0.71 in) long containing winged seeds (samaras) 3.5–5.0 mm (0
In stock now →Classification
Casuarina glauca belongs to the Casuarina genus within the Casuarinaceae family. It performs reliably across temperate, subtropical zones in our experience. It is an Australian native we grow and specify regularly.
Cultivation
Care sheet.
Maintain current usage
Cultivars
Selected named varieties and which job each is best suited to.
Companions
Species we plant alongside Swamp She-Oak.
Further reading
- 01Casuarina glauca taxon photograph — Atlas of Living Australia image service
- 02Tree species list - urban suitability and selection attributes — City of Sydney
