SLATY SHE OAK Allocasuarina muelleriana Seeds

Fast growing 1m 4m shrub; adaptable to a variety of positions and soil types, including clay or very sandy Unusual small sheoak, attractive screening plant

Flower Colour: Red

Grows in scrub and heath, on rocky siliceous soils Common from Bendigo Whipstick south west to Grampians

Medium Shrub, moderately fast growing, long lived

Inoculation of propagation mix with soil from around healthy She Oaks may establish the fungus that fixes Nitrogen

This species is considered to be suitability for direct sowing

She Oak does well if if buried at about one to two times the seed diameterbut also seems happy if sown on the surface, She Oak seed seems to do well sown in autumn and winter, apart from very cold situations, or early spring

Bush Tucker Young shoots and soft, young cones were eaten

Other uses: Implements were made from wood Hollows in the trees provided a reservoir for water after summer showers