Casuarinaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Allocasuarina fraseriana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Allocasuarina fraseriana is a tall, erect, evergreen shrub or small tree that can grow around 5 - 15 metres tall[ 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 tree is harvested from the wild for its high quality wood. Allocasuarina fraseriana has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

HabitatAlong the Darling River this species grows in lateritic soil in Eucalyptus marginata forest; near the coast, however, it grows in sand in woodland and open forest[ 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. ]..