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Gardening with
Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use Identification & Control
of Common Weeds

Botanical Name:Allocasuarina littoralis 
Common Name:Black Sheoak  , black she-oak  , river black-oak 
Sold As:Tube ($2.00)
Plant
Type(s):
Large Tree (over 6 m), Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Indigenous Plant Use
Indigenous Plant Use:The gum can be chewed or made into a jelly by melting in hot water.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly
Growing
Conditions:
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Well Drained
Size
(HxW):
8 m x 5 m
Foliage:Leaves are reduced to rings of teeth along fine branchlets. Furrows along branchlets downy. 6-8 erect teeth, not overlapping.
Flowers:Male flowers are dark brown, female are red. March-June. Dark brown male flower spikes 5-50 mm long at end of branchlets; female flowers stalkless, along side branches. Fruit cones to 3 cm, flattened on top.
General
Comments:

Fast growing upright dark green tree with fissured bark.  Windbreaks. Male plants are attractive in flower, fruit of female plants attract larger parrots and cockatoos. Trunks are excellent to hang epiphytic orchids.

Trees are male or female.  Birds like the seeds and the insects it attracts.  Food plant for caterpillars.

Further
Information:
  1. Whitehorse Council 
  2. Yarra Ranges Council 
  3. Regen Australia 
  4. Wikipedia (free online encyclopedia) 
  5. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (VICFLORA) 


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