CASUARINACEAE

Allocasuarina verticillata Drooping she-oak

  • Tall shrub to small bushy tree;
  • leaves are present as a whorl of 9-13 brown teeth on the dark green branchlets;
  • separate male and female plants;
  • female plants produce a woody cone with numerous prominent valves.

Indigenous plant names

For many Wiradjuri indigenous plant names see Wiradjuri Plant Use in Murrumbidgee Catchment Area


For many more images of plants photographed on Kooringal’s Rocky Hill visit the Plants folder.
Images courtesy of Geoff Burrows

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