Allocasuarina monilifera, commonly known as necklace sheoak, is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is usually a monoecious, low-growing shrub that has branchlets up to 150 mm (5.9 in) long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of six to nine, the fruiting cones 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 in) long containing winged seeds 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Necklace she-oak being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Allocasuarina nana
- Allocasuarina paludosa
- Allocasuarina rigida
- Allocasuarina humilis
- Allocasuarina distyla
- Allocasuarina thalassoscopica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fagales
- Family
- Casuarinaceae
- Genus
- Allocasuarina
- Species
- Allocasuarina monilifera
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