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Casuarina equisetifolia

Casuarina equisetifolia

Horsetail Tree

木麻黃, 牛尾松

Plant Type

Tree

Native/Exotic

Exotic, Naturalised

Usual Habitats

Beach and Estuary, Disturbed/Waste Ground

Evergreen/Deciduous/

Semi Deciduous

Evergreen

Design Function

Drought Tolerant

Foliage Colour (other than or in addition to green)

-

Foliage Colour (other than green) Time of Year

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Fruit Colour

Inconspicuous

Fruit Time of Year

-

Inconspicuous

Flower Colour

-

Flower Time of Year

Landscape Application Examples

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20200426_Po Kong Park_Casuarina equisetifolia, Elaeocarpus hainanensis, Underused BNX, Unnecessary wall

20200223_Mui Wo to the Trappist Monastery on the way to Discovery Bay_Casuarina equisetifolia, Litsea glutinosa, Ligustrum sinense

20200209_Near Mui Wo playground_Casuarina equisetifolia

20220409_Lai Chi Yuen, Mui Wo_Liquidambar formosana, Cinnamomum camphora, Casuarina equisetifolia, Castanopsis indica

20210508_Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve_Celtis sinensis, Melia azedarach, Macaranga tanarius, Casuarina equisetifolia.

20210307_Mui Wo_Casuarina equisetifolia, Lantana montevidensis

20200223_Mui Wo to the Trappist Monastery on the way to Discovery Bay_Terminalia catappa, Casuarina equisetifolia, Hibiscus tiliaceus

20200223_Mui Wo to the Trappist Monastery on the way to Discovery Bay_Acacia confusa, Casuarina equisetifolia reforestation with pioneering non-native plants

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