| Common Name: | Black Sheoak |
| Synonym: | Casuarina littoralis |
| Family: | Casuarinaceae |
| Size: | 5-12m x 2-6m |
| Description: | Upright dark green tree with fissured bark. Trees are male or female. |
| Leaves: | Leaves are reduced to rings of teeth along fine branchlets. Furrows along branchlets downy. 6-8 erect teeth, not overlapping. |
| Flowering: | Dark brown male flower spikes 5-50mm long at end of branchlets; female flowers stalkless, along side branches. Fruit cones to 3cm, flattened on top. |
| Flower Colour: | Male - dark brown; female - red |
| Flowering Time: | March to June |
| Growing Conditions: | Well drained clay and rocky soils of open forests and woodlands within the Shire. Light frosts. Full sun, semi shade. |
| Garden Use: | Windbreaks. Male plants are attractive in flower, fruit of female plants attract larger parrots and cockatoos. Trunks are excellent to hang epiphytic orchids. |
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| Plant Communities: | 17, 18, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 38 |
| Conservation Status: | Locally common within its preferred growing conditions |
| Aboriginal Use: | Food - shoots and young cones; Wood - weapons |
| Commercially available: | Generally |
| Bird Attracting: | Seeds, insects |
| Butterfly Attracting: | Food plant for caterpillars |
| Frog Habitat: | No |
| Photographer: | Marilyn Gray © |