Family: Casuarinaceae

Dropping she oak is a tall evergreen tree that makes a great windbreak, hedge, privacy screening, and provides shade. It is drought tolerant, can tolerate salt spray, is a nitrogen fixer, and can be used for fodder. However, heavy feeding can be damaging. The wood can be used for posts, charcoal, flooring, and crafting. Flowers are attractive to bees. When planting from seed, make sure the seeds are fresh.

Plant Uses:

• Hedge
• Nitrogen fixer
• Privacy / screening
• Shade
• Windbreak
• Woodworking

Plant Dangers:

• No dangers

High Risk Traits:

• High climate match for tropical/subtropical regions.
  
• Tolerates a wide range of poor, dry, and salty soils.
  
• Forms dense, monospecific stands that shade out other plants.
  
• Nitrogen-fixing, improving soil for itself.
  
• Fire-adapted, resprouts vigorously after burning.

Low Risk Traits:

• Dioecious (separate sexes), requires both nearby to reproduce.
  
• No persistent seed bank; seeds die in soil within 3 months.
  
• Lacks effective long-distance seed dispersal mechanisms.
  
• Slow to mature, takes 5-10 years to produce significant seed.
  
• No history of invasiveness or naturalization elsewhere.
  
• No vegetative spread.