Casuarina cristata Miq.

Tree 10-20 m high, frequently producing suckers. Bark finely fissured or scaly, grey-brown. Teeth on new shoots erect to somewhat spreading. Branchlets drooping in vigorous specimens, spreading in depauperate specimens, to 25 cm long; articles usually slightly wrinkled, 8-17 mm long, 0.6-0.9 mm diam., somewhat waxy, occasionally sparsely pubescent, disarticulating readily; phyllichnia flat or with slight median groove, often masked by wax; teeth 8-12, erect, 0.5-0.7 mm long, marcescent. Male spikes 1.3-5 cm long, 6-10 whorls per cm; anther 0.8-1.1 mm long. Cones ferruginous-pubescent when young, nearly glabrous at maturity; peduncle 1-14 mm long; cone body 13-18 mm, occasionally to 25 mm long, 10-16 mm diam.; bracteoles acute. Samara 6-10.5 mm long.

Drier areas, usually on heavier soils and avoiding ridges. Usually found in clayey grey or brown soils with calcareous nodules near the surface.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.