Casuarina cunninghamiana

Casuarina cunninghamiana
In Mount Archer National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Casuarinaceae
Genus: Casuarina
Species:
C. cunninghamiana
Binomial name
Casuarina cunninghamiana
Male flowers of subsp. cunninghamiana
Immature female cones

Casuarina cunninghamiana, commonly known as river oak, river sheoak[2] or creek oak,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is native to Australia and New Guinea. It is a tree with fissured and scaly bark, sometimes drooping branchlets, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of 6 to 10, the fruit 7–14 mm (0.28–0.55 in) long containing winged seeds (samaras) 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long.

  1. ^ "Casuarina cunninghamiana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  2. ^ Wilson, Karen L.; Johnson, Lawrence A.S. "Casuarina cunninghamiana". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  3. ^ Boland, Douglas J.; Brooker, M. I. H.; Chippendale, G. M.; McDonald, Maurice William (2006). Forest trees of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 80–81. ISBN 0-643-06969-0.