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Swamp She-Oak (Casuarina glauca)
coastalAustralian nativeTreeCouncil listedLocally indigenous
Casuarina glauca

Swamp She-Oak

Casuarina · Casuarinaceae

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

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Classification

Genus
Casuarina
Family
Casuarinaceae
Common name
Swamp She-Oak
Climate
temperate, subtropical

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.

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Cultivation

Care sheet.

Water
Low once established
Light
Full sun to part shade
Soil
Free-draining, low phosphorus
Growth rate
Moderate to fast
Mature size
Varies by species
Landscape use

Maintain current usage

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Cultivars

Selected named varieties and which job each is best suited to.

'Cousin It'

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Companions

Species we plant alongside Swamp She-Oak.

Black She-Oak (Allocasuarina littoralis)
coastalAustralian native
Allocasuarina littoralis

Black She-Oak

Forest Oak (Allocasuarina torulosa)
coastalAustralian native
Allocasuarina torulosa

Forest Oak

River Oak (Casuarina cunninghamiana)
coastalAustralian native
Casuarina cunninghamiana

River Oak

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Further reading

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    Casuarina glauca taxon photographAtlas of Living Australia image service
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