CASUARINACEAE

Duncan's Bull-Oak

Rare 

8.0m (800cm) 

Red-brown 'tufts' of stigmas. 

Nuts 

Very erect, narrow-crowned tree. 

Huon Valley; Kingborough 

Wet Eucalypt Forest 

Officially only known from a small population at Snug Plains. However a few other small populations are thought to exist in similar localities elsewhere in SE Tasmania. It grows in heavy clay soils in moist forest communities dominated by Euc. delegatensis ssp tasmaniensis. 

Moist; Rocky; Shady 

Hardy 

Clay; Fertile; Well-drained 

First collected in l979 but it was not until 1994 that it was described and named. Susceptible to browsing by hares and rabbits. Not suitable below powerlines. 

Winged nuts in cones.female cones, up to 7cm and quite narrow.pick greyish cones from shrub, dry inpaper bags to open. sieve seed to isolate. female allocasuarinas often carry ripe or ripening fruit at most times of the year 

Smoke 

 

 

Seeds lose viability quickly once released from the cone. Seed should be sown fresh or stored at 3-5oC to maintain long term viability. Seedlings are usually quick growing. 

10-45 days 

Yes 

 

 

 

Can be grown from cuttings of semi-hard wood. Coppice shoots taken from cut stumps or damaged plants will strike readily. Allocasuarinas have a symbiotic relationship with a root fungi (Franklia sp.) Inoculating potting soil with divets taken from beneath mature plants may be beneficial.