Australian Beach Pine Tree | Premium Seeds | Casuarina equisetifolia | Plants'®

Australian Beach Pine Tree | Premium Seeds | Casuarina equisetifolia | LOT 2024703024 | Plants'®

PREMIUM QUALITY | Cold storage and humidity control for keeping the seeds healthy and fresh at all times*.

PACKAGE CONTENT

EXTERNAL PACKAGE | Collectable labels of the purchased species specially designed by our team.
SEED BAG | Contains the amount of premium seeds purchased.
PLANTS'® GROWTH MANUAL | Original manual developed by our researchers included especifically for each species.
 

ABOUT THE SPECIES | Australian Beach Pine

🌲 Embrace the Majesty of the Australian Beach Pine! 🌲

Transform your landscape with the striking Australian Beach Pine (Casuarina equisetifolia), also known as Australian Pine, Casuarina Pine, coastal she-oak, horsetail she-oak, ironwood, beach sheoak, beach casuarina, or whistling tree. This remarkable species from the Casuarinaceae family is your gateway to a unique and resilient garden.

🌿 Why Choose Australian Beach Pine?

1. Year-Round Beauty:

Summer: Enjoy the bright light-green foliage that adds a refreshing touch to your garden.
Fall: The leaves turn a grayish deep-green, maintaining their evergreen charm throughout the year.

2. Fast Growth:

With a rapid growth rate of over 5 feet per year, the Australian Beach Pine can quickly reach heights of 23 to 115 feet, making it an excellent choice for creating a lush, green canopy in no time.

3. Versatile and Hardy:

Thriving in tropical, subtropical, Mediterranean, and temperate climates (USDA zones 13b - 9a), this species is perfect for states like FL, SC, NC, GA, and many more. Its adaptability to coastal and salt-tolerant conditions makes it ideal for seaside landscapes.

4. Unique Appearance:

The conical, spiky, and uneven canopy shape adds a distinctive character to your garden. The smooth, grayish bark of young trees and the scaly, grayish-brown to black bark of older specimens provide an interesting texture.

5. Practical Uses:

The extremely hard and dense wood of the Australian Beach Pine is highly valued for construction, firewood, boat building, house construction, and furniture making. Its leaves are also useful for removing textile dyes and absorbing copper ions from aqueous solutions.

🌞 Cultivation Tips

Sunlight: Plant in full sun to ensure optimal growth and health.

Soil: Prefers well-drained soil to prevent root rot.

Watering: Moderate watering is essential; avoid overwatering to maintain healthy roots.

🌼 Traditional Uses

The Australian Beach Pine is not only an ornamental gem but also a practical addition to your garden. Its wood and leaves have been used for various purposes, adding value beyond its aesthetic appeal.

🌟 Transform Your Garden Today!

Bring the majestic allure of the Australian Beach Pine to your garden and enjoy a landscape that is both beautiful and resilient. Order your seeds now and embark on a journey of natural splendor!

Ready to plant the seeds of majesty? 🌱 Shop your Australian Beach Pine seeds today!

LOT INFORMATION
Germination: 83%       Germination Test: Cut (Full Seed)  
Purity: 98%                  Seeds/lb: 287,042
Origin: NY                   Crop Year: 2019  

SPECIES DATA SHEET

- Common Names: Australian Beach Pine, Australian Pine, Casuarina Pine, coastal she-oak, horsetail she-oak, ironwood, beach sheoak, beach casuarina, whistling tree.
- Species: Casuarina equisetifolia.
- Genus: Casuarina.
- Family: Casuarinaceae. 
- Order: Fagales.
- Clade: Tracheophytes, Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids.
- Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern (IUCN 3.1).
- Natural Range & Distribution: Native to Australia, New Guinea, Southeast Asia and India. Casuarina equisetifolia has been introduced to many other continents and islands. Considered invasive in Southern United States.
- Preferred Climate: Tropical and Subtropical (Af, Am, Aw, BSh, BSk, Mediterranean & Temperate (Cfa, Cfb, Csa, Csb, Csc, Cwa).
- Hardiness Zones: 13b - 9a (USDA)
- Best Grown (US States): FL, SC, NC, GA, AL, MS, LA, TX, AZ, CA, OR, WA, HI, Puerto Rico.
- Max Canopy Height: 23ft to 115ft (7m to 35m).
- Max Canopy Spread: 6ft to 82ft (2m to 25m).
- Canopy Shape: Conical, Spiky, Uneven, Crooked.
- Leaf Behavior: Evergreen.
- Summer Leaf Color: Bright light-green.
- Fall (Autumn) Leaf Color: Grayish deep-green.
- Growth Rate: Fast (above 5ft/year | 1.5m/year).
- Blooming Description: Monoecious. Male and female flowers produced on the same tree. Its male and female inflorescences are both shaped like catkins. Its male flowers appear in simple spikes 0.7–4 cm (0.28–1.57 in) long in whorls of 7 to 11.5 per cm (per 0.4 in), with anthers are 0.6–0.8 mm (0.02–0.03 in) long, whereas its female flowers are 3–13 mm (0.1–0.5 in) long on short, sparsely hairy peduncles.
- Blossom Color: Imperceptible.
- Fruit Description: The fruit is an oval woody structure 10–24 mm (0.39–0.94 in) long and 9–13 mm (0.35–0.51 in) in diameter when mature, superficially resembling a conifer cone made up of numerous carpels. Each carpel contains a single seed.
- Seed Description: Small winged seeds with 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) long.
- Bark Color: In young specimens is smooth and greyish, older trees have scaly, greyish-brown to black bark.
- Wood: Extremely hard and dense, and has been used for construction of stilts, poles and fences in coastal areas. Also used for firewood, boat building, house construction, and furniture making.
- Cultivation: Full sun, Coastal, Salt tolerant.
- Traditional Uses: Ornamental. The leaves were found to be useful as absorbent material for the removal of textile dyes. good absorbency for copper ions from aqueous solution.
- Alergenic Potential: Yes. Polen.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

INVASIVE SPECIES | Some of the United States consider this an invasive species.

ALERGENIC POTENTIAL | Some people may be alergic to plants, polen, spores or other biological agents. This is why we strongly recommend the use of gloves, masks and faceshields prior and while beeing in conctact with any of the packages' internal components. We do not take any responsability for allergic reactions ocurred for the misuse or not use of the recomended protective measures. By purchasing our products the customer agrees that knows he/she/it is aware of his/hers/its own health and alergy conditions and therefore takes responsability for any alergic or health reactions related to the contact with the package content.

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INFORMATION SOURCES

1. Wikimedia Foundation.
2. Thermo Fisher Scientific
3. USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture.
4. Seed Lot Germination Test carried out by our suppliers.

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