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Casuarinaceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants placed in the order Fagales, consisting of 3 or 4 genera and approximately 70 species of trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics (Indo-Malaysia), Australia, and the Pacific islands. At one time, all of the species were placed in the Genus Casuarina, but these are now split among Allocasuarina, Casuarina , and Gymnostoma . Members of this family are characterized by drooping equisetoid (meaning to look like Equisetum) twigs, are evergreen, and monoecious or dioecious. The roots have nitrogen-fixing nodules.
Casuarina equisetifolia L. is a widespread seashore tree known as Common Ironwood, Beefwood, Bull-oak, and Whistling-pine and is often planted as a windbreak. The wood of this tree is used for shingles, fencing, and is said to make excellent, hot burning, firewood.
Betulaceae - Corylaceae - Fagaceae - Ticodendraceae - Casuarinaceae - Juglandaceae - Rhoipteleaceae - Myricaceae
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