Common name: Swamp Oak, Guman
Casuarina glauca Sieber ex Spreng. APNI* 
Description: Dioecious tree 8–20 m high, frequently producing root suckers; branchlets drooping.
Articles noticeably thicker at their apex than towards the base when dried, 8–20 mm long, 0.9–1.2 mm diam.; teeth erect, 0.6–0.9 mm long.
Anther c. 0.8 mm long.
Cone body 9–18 mm long.
Distribution and occurrence: in brackish situations along coastal streams, somewhat farther inland along major river valleys. Often forming pure stands. Also found as a shrub c. 2 m high, with coarse branchlets bearing up to 20 teeth, on exposed headlands. Hybridizes with C. cunninghamiana where their ranges meet along coastal rivers.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, CWS, *LHI
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by K. L. Wilson & L. A. S. Johnson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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