Allocasuarina verticillata
Drooping she-oak · also Drooping sheoak, Mountain she-oak
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Allocasuarina verticillata is a small tree endemic to southeastern Australia, characterized by drooping branchlets and slender, needle-like evergreen foliage. It is a hardy, drought-tolerant species that thrives in urban environments, growing well in poor soil conditions, and providing shade.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1,6431.1%—1.9 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Form
- Weeping
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 30 ft
- Canopy spread
- 35 ft
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Pollution tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Sep, Oct, Nov
Trunk diameters across every city: median 1.9 in, mean 2.9 in, 90th percentile 3.8 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Southeast Australia temperate forests
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands
- Southeast Australia temperate savanna
Other Allocasuarina in the catalogue
3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
