Allocasuarina paludosa (sieber ex Spreng.) L.a.s.johnson

Monoecious or dioecious shrub, spreading, 0.3-3 m high. Bark smooth. Branchlets ascending or curved, to 20 cm long; articles 5-14 mm long, 0.7-1 mm diam., smooth, usually densely pubescent in furrows; phyllichnia flat or slightly rounded, usually with median groove, occasionally pubescent (not in groove); teeth 6-8, erect or spreading, not overlapping, 0.5-0.9 mm long, often marcescent. Male spikes 1-2.5 cm long, 7-9 whorls per cm; bracteoles persistent; anther 0.7-1.1 mm long. Cones cylindrical to ovoid, sessile or on peduncle to 2 mm long; cone body 10-18 mm long, 7-13 mm diam.; bracteoles truncate to obtuse, pyramidal protuberance shorter than bracteole body, truncate, often with minute deciduous mucro. Samara 3.5-5 mm long, dark brown to black.

Grows in heath and in poorly drained soils above swamps at edge of woodland.

Plants can be grown from seeds.