Australian Beach Pine Tree | Premium Seeds | Casuarina equisetifolia | Plants ® (Premium Seeds 1000)

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Australian Beach Pine Tree | Premium Seeds | Casuarina equisetifolia | Plants ® | LOT INFORMATION | No. 2024703024 | Germination: 83%; Germination Test: Cut (Full Seed); Purity: 98%; Seeds/lb: 287 042; Origin: NY; Crop Year: 2019; | SPECIES DATA SHEET | – Common Names: Australian Beach Pine Australian Pine Casuarina Pine coastal she-oak horsetail she-oak ironwood beach sheoak beach casuarina whistling tree. – Species: Casuarina equisetifolia. – Genus: Casuarina. – Family: Casuarinaceae. – Order: Fagales. – Clade: Tracheophytes Angiosperms Eudicots Rosids. – Conservation Status: LC – Least Concern (IUCN 3.1). – Natural Range & Distribution: Native to Australia New Guinea Southeast Asia and India. Casuarina equisetifolia has been introduced to many other continents and islands. Considered invasive in Florida. – Preferred Climate: Tropical and Subtropical (Af Am Aw BSh BSk Mediterranean & Temperate (Cfa Cfb Csa Csb Csc Cwa). – Hardiness Zones: 13b – 9a (USDA) – Best Grown (US States): FL SC NC GA AL MS LA TX AZ CA OR WA HI Puerto Rico. – Max Canopy Height: 23ft to 115ft (7m to 35m). – Max Canopy Spread: 6ft to 82ft (2m to 25m). – Canopy Shape: Conical Spiky Uneven Crooked. – Leaf Behavior: Evergreen. – Summer Leaf Color: Bright light-green. – Fall (Autumn) Leaf Color: Grayish deep-green. – Growth Rate: Fast (above 5ft/year | 1.5m/year). – Blooming Description: Monoecious. Male and female flowers produced on the same tree. Its male and female inflorescences are both shaped like catkins. Its male flowers appear in simple spikes 0.7-4 cm (0.28-1.57 in) long in whorls of 7 to 11.5 per cm (per 0.4 in) with anthers are 0.6-0.8 mm (0.02-0.03 in) long whereas its female flowers are 3-13 mm (0.1-0.5 in) long on short sparsely hairy peduncles. – Blossom Color: Imperceptible. – Fruit Description: The fruit is an oval woody structure 10-24 mm (0.39-0.94 in) long and 9-13 mm (0.35-0.51 in) in diameter when mature superficially resembling a conifer cone made up of numerous carpels. Each carpel contains a single seed. – Seed Description: Small winged seeds with 6-8 mm (0.24-0.31 in) long. – Bark Color: In young specimens is smooth and greyish older trees have scaly greyish-brown to black bark. – Wood: Extremely hard and dense and has been used for construction of stilts poles and fences in coastal areas. Also used for firewood boat building house construction and furniture making. – Cultivation: Full sun Coastal Salt tolerant. – Traditional Uses: Ornamental. The leaves were found to be useful as absorbent material for the removal of textile dyes. good absorbency for copper ions from aqueous solution.