Casuarina equisetifolia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Casuarina equisetifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Casuarina equisetifolia, Linn. Fig. 837. Tree, becoming 150 ft. high in favorable climates, and a most rapid grower: branches drooping, pale green, simple, terete or nearly so, the internodes very short (less than ¼in.); sheath-teeth 7 (6-8) lanceolate and appressed: staminate cone nearly terete; pistillate cone short-peduncled, ellipsoidal, about ½-in. diam. Widely distributed in the farther Old World tropics, and the best-known species in this country (in S. Fla. and Calif, and south). Gn. M. 7:21. L.B.C. 7:607.—The wood is valuable for many purposes. The casuarinas are known as "oak" in Austral. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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