Family. Excellent timber for furniture making. This species was named in 1848 after the botanist Alan Cunningham (1791-1839). Casuarinaceae. Often grown as a windbreak. Lifestyle block, the magazine wrote: Casuarina/she-oak Casuarina cunninghamiana This is known in many parts of the world as the best firewood of all. Casuarina cunninghamiana is a tall, nitrogen fixing tree suitable for cultivation across a wide range of climates, extending from cool temperate areas to the seasonally dry tropics. In Hawaii, C. equisetifolia is common along sandy coasts and lowlands (9). Title Flora of the Sydney Region ... as an effective shelterbelt and also for its value as timber and fuel. Casuarina junghuhniana and Casuarina grandis have poten-tial as fast-growing timber trees. These are fast-growing trees and they need to be pruned or they will get up in height quickly in warmer climates. Cunninghamiana, after Allan Cunningham (1791-1839), pioneering botanist, inland NSW. Name origin. Ornamental upright tree 30-50' with weeping branches & narrow pointed "leaf teeth". 200. Casuarina cunninghamiana is an attractive evergreen tree that grows to a height of 15-35 meters tall. Indigenous people used the timber to extract resin and used. Tolerant of a wide range of soils and situations, including waterlogging. Australia has 1.3 million hectares of the Casuarina forest type, including forests dominated by species of Casuarina (six species) or Allocasuarina (59 species). Casuarina. Distribution and occurrence: World: 4 genera, 97 species, Australia, Pacific islands & South-East Asia. In Australia, these species grow in the tropical and subtropical north and east: C. cunninghamiana along rivers, C. Miq. Browse pictures and read growth / cultivation information about Image J. Grimshaw. Casuarina, from Malay Kasuari, from the fancied similarity of the foliage to the drooping feathers of Cassowary bird. Australia: 3 genera, 68 species, all States. Climate. Title It is native to Australia from New South Wales through Queensland into the Northern Territory. Casuarina cunninghamiana exists as planted trees as far north as Gainesville. Casuarina glauca is planted and naturalized in Hawai‘i, and Casuarina cunninghamiana is also planted there but is not reported to be naturalized (see text inset box on C. cunninghamiana) Important food source for red and yellow tailed black cockatoo. cunninghamiana. River Sheoak. They are a distinctive part of many Australian coastal and riverine landscapes. Casuarinas are commonly called she-oaks because of the similarity of their timber to that of European oaks. Canopy Shape Pyramidal; Height 10-15 m; Closely related to Cunninghamia glauca and often hybridises in the wild with that species[265. Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. Known Hazards None known Botanical References. Growing well in Ojai California and often grown as a street tree. Notes. Timber. 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