Casuarina

It has the widest distribution of all Casuarina species and occurs naturally on subtropical and tropical coastlines from northern Australia through Malyasia to Polynesia. The species is naturalized in Kenya. The extensive root material and association with Frankia enable the tree to grow in poor soils. The species grows at an altitude of 0-1400 m, with mean annual temperatures of 10-35 deg. C and mean annual rainfall of 200-3500 mm. It grows on soils which are invariably well drained and rather coarse, textured, principally sands and sand loam. The species tolerates both calcereous and slightly alkaline soils but is intolerant of prolonged waterlogging and may fail on poor sands where subsoil moisture conditions are unsatisfactory.

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