Allocasuarina robusta, Family Casuarinaceae, also known as Mount Compass Oak-bush or Mount Compass Sheoak, is a rigid, erect shrub that grows to 3 m. Branchlets are reddishbrown to grey coloured and grow to 20 cm long. Branchlet segments are 7–12 mm long and have rings of 5–7 teeth. Cones grow on short stalks or are stalkless.
Mount Compass Oak-bush |
Allocasuarina robusta
Status: Endangered on the EPBC Act list
Government evidence of impact of climate change:
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Australian Government, Conservation Advice, Allocasuarina robusta
The main potential threat to Mount Compasss Oak bush is inappropriate fire regimes.