This large tree has a greyish solitary trunk with ascending branches and pendant branchlets, forming a conical habit. The leaves are reduced to scales on needle-like branchlets and the small reddish male flowers appear in late summer.

Hardiness zones 8 to 12 

Casuarina cunninghamii is naturally found in Australia from Queensland to New South Wales to the ACT growing in pure stands along rivers or stream banks to the flood level. It is also found on hillsides. 

It tolerates a wide range of soils from sandy loams to rocky limestone based soils in an open sunny position and is drought and mildly frost resistant.

The River She Oak is grown for its upright habit and attractive foliage. It is planted in large gardens and parks as a specimen tree, or as a foundation plant along borders. It is suitable for coastal and inland regions and is commonly found along water courses. It establishes in 3 to 5 years and is long lived. ID 975

Casuarina (kazh-yoo-ar-EYE-nuh) cunninghamii (kun-ning-ham-ee-eye)

‘Casuarina’: Linnaean name: cassowary-like (refers to the drooping branches of some spp. which supposedly resemble the plumage of a cassowary); ‘cunninghamiana’: after Australian botanist Alan Cunningham.

Casuarinaceae (KAS-ew-rin-AY-see-ee)