Allocasuarina littoralis

Black She-oak at Watson, ACT

Allocasuarina littoralis at Watson, ACT - 29 Aug 2022 10:17 AM
Allocasuarina littoralis at Watson, ACT - 29 Aug 2022 10:17 AM
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Allocasuarina littoralis 30 Aug 2022 waltraud
Casuarina/Allocasuarina sp. 29 Aug 2022 abread111

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A Casuarina not the usual Allocasuarina verticillata which is common in this area. Sample of flowering branch taken by Waltraud for id. See https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4442160

6 comments

waltraud wrote:
   30 Aug 2022
I collected mature fruit (cone): 25mm long, approx 20mm diameter with flat top; i counted 8 translucent leaf-teeth in a whorl (but find counting tiny structures in a whorl quite hard...).
waltraud wrote:
   30 Aug 2022
I noticed CNM lists this species local for ACT; according to my information the species occurs on the coast mainly on sandy soils.
Tapirlord wrote:
   30 Aug 2022
It is local to the tabelands but not to the ACT persay, The only populations that I know of are planted ones. I would say this is not local to the Majura area, but probably not worth removing.
   30 Aug 2022
Burbidge and Grey in their Flora of the ACT record its as occurring on the steep rocky slopes near Gibraltar Falls and according the Atlas of Living Australia there are herbarium records from this area, So it is a local - but it is unclear whether it is local to Mt Majura or not
abread111 wrote:
   30 Aug 2022
ALA also has a record from 2013 from this Mt Majura north area with coordinates which place it on the Clancys track - given the 1000 m uncertainty of the coordinates, this could well be the same tree. Record from 2013 is observation by ANPS ACT Wednesday Walkers.
waltraud wrote:
   2 Sep 2022
Thank you everyone for the informative contributions.

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