Casuarinaceae
Allocasuarina littoralis
Allocasuarina littoralis
Also known as Casuarina suberosa, Casuarina suberosa var. typica, Casuarina moesta, Casuarina elegans
Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Australian Native · Casuarina · Sheoak · Coastal Tree · Screening Plant · Windbreak · Bird Habitat · Low Maintenance · Evergreen · Drought Tolerant
Black sheoak (Allocasuarina littoralis) is a hardy Australian native tree with fine, needle-like branchlets and attractive dark cones, well suited to coastal and woodland gardens. Once established it is drought tolerant and requires minimal watering, thriving in well-drained soils in partial shade to dappled light. It makes an excellent screening plant or windbreak and provides important habitat and food for native birds.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply once established, allowing soil to dry slightly between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- 0°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 60 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
- Attracts
- Birds, Bees
Sources: trefle
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