Stats

Lifespan

40-50 yrs

Size

Large

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical coast

Range

Southeast Asia Oceania

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Armor

Status

Common

About

This tree grows along sandy tropical coastlines across the Pacific and Australia. Its needle-like branchlets contain tiny pores that exhale salt crystals onto the ground.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fagales

Family

Casuarinaceae

Genus

Casuarina

Species

Casuarina equisetifolia