| Casuarina cunninghamiana | |
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| In Mount Archer National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Casuarinaceae |
| Genus: | Casuarina |
| Species: | C. cunninghamiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Casuarina cunninghamiana | |
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.
- ^ "Casuarina cunninghamiana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ Wilson, Karen L.; Johnson, Lawrence A.S. "Casuarina cunninghamiana". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ 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.