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Magnoliopsida
Casuarina cunninghamiana Miq.
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United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
More info for the terms: caudex, root crown, secondary colonizer
survivor species; on-site surviving root crown or caudex
off-site colonizer;seed carried by wind; postfire years 1 and 2
off-site colonizer; seed carried by animals or water; postfire yr 1&2
secondary colonizer; off-site seed carried to site after year 2
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More info for the term: secondary colonizer
Sheoak is listed as a dominant species in some South Pacific
island's vegetation types [2,5,6]. It is a warm weather species, not
native to North America. It can be a primary or secondary colonizer in
disturbed areas of Florida [3,10].
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This species can be found in the following regions of the western United States (according to the Bureau of Land Management classification of Physiographic Regions of the western United States):
3 Southern Pacific Border
7 Lower Basin and Range
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More info for the term: phanerophyte
Phanerophyte
Sheoak poses a serious threat to some wildlife species. Nest
sites of three endangered species, the American crocodile (Crocodylus
acutus), the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta ssp. caretta), and the
gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus), are all threatened by Australian
pine invasion [9,10]. Also, this invader creates sterile foraging and
breeding environments for small mammals [3,14]. It does, however,
provide food for migrating goldfinches which feed on sheoak
seeds [3].
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