Sheoak

Allocasuarina fraseriana

WA Sheoak is a medium-sized tree up to 15 m tall and 0.5 to 1 m in diameter at breast height. It occurs in south-west Western Australia in the coastal and hinterland region from Perth in the north to near Albany in the east, where it is an understorey species in the jarrah (E.marginata) forest. There is a small isolated population between Moora and Jurien Bay.

Species in Detail

Heartwood is dark-red to brown, and the sapwood pale yellow. The texture is moderately fine and even, and the medullary rays are prominent as in other members of the genus.

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