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Tamma sheoak (Allocasuarina corniculata)

Description

Allocasuarina corniculata, commonly known as Tamma or the Tamma sheoak, is a shrub of the genus Allocasuarina native to the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia. The dioecious shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 5 metres (3 to 16 ft). It produces red flowers between September and January and is found in tall heath growing in sandy, gravelly or lateritic soils.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Fagales

            • Family: Casuarinaceae

              • Genus: Allocasuarina