Casuarina torulosa
Family: Casurinaceae (40 species)
Common Name(s): Forest Oak, Sheoke, Beefwood for color of heartwood, Australian Pine
Grown by: Ann DeRosa, El Cerrito
Casurina -so named because the long, drooping branchlets of this S. Pacific genus supposedly resemble the drooping feathers of a cassowary, Australia’s version of an ostrich.
Torulosa- Slightly uneven
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A graceful, fast growing tree to 80 ft natively found in Eucalyptus forests and used for coastal areas or forests. It’s quite salt tolerant and takes heat and wind. The fine, jointed stems upon close inspection, initially resemble the similarly constructed fine secondary brushlike radially arranged ‘branchlets’ of Equisetum, the horsetail or scouring rush, and collectively present a wispy, cascading aspect which yields before the wind, adding grace to its surroundings...
