I have couple of these growing by my dam not sure what type hoping someone might be able to help. I took layer of one as it has smaller foliage than most i have seen before. They are multi trunked and around years old approximately 2.5 meters tall and no sign of seed pods.
ID Allocasuarina?
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Re: ID Allocasuarina?
ID for Cas can sometimes be done from the cones but I note you don't have any. That tree may be immature or may be a male plant.
More definitive is to take a close look at the actual leaves. Casuarina leaves are tiny. There's a whorl of leaves around each of the joints in the stems. Take a green stem and pull. It should break at a joint/node then look really closely at the proximal end (end that was closest to the tree) and count the tiny serrations around the joint - those are the leaves. You may need a magnifier to get a good look. Different species have differing numbers of leaves around the joints. You will probably have to check a few joints to get an average as numbers seem to vary slightly from individual to individual and from branch to branch.
More definitive is to take a close look at the actual leaves. Casuarina leaves are tiny. There's a whorl of leaves around each of the joints in the stems. Take a green stem and pull. It should break at a joint/node then look really closely at the proximal end (end that was closest to the tree) and count the tiny serrations around the joint - those are the leaves. You may need a magnifier to get a good look. Different species have differing numbers of leaves around the joints. You will probably have to check a few joints to get an average as numbers seem to vary slightly from individual to individual and from branch to branch.
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Re: ID Allocasuarina?
Here is a magnified view of one of the joints with the triangular leaves around it as Shibui describes above:
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Re: ID Allocasuarina?
Thankyou both for the feed back, I will have a go and see what I come up with.
Peter.