Allocasuarina decussata, commonly known as karri oak or karri she-oak, is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an understory tree in karri forest but also occurs as a stunted shrub in places like Bluff Knoll in the Stirling Range.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Karri 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 torulosa
- Allocasuarina inophloia
- Allocasuarina fraseriana
- Casuarina collina
- Eucalyptus paniculata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fagales
- Family
- Casuarinaceae
- Genus
- Allocasuarina
- Species
- Allocasuarina decussata
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