Scientific Name: Allocasuarina paludosa (Sieber ex Spreng.) L.A.S. Johnson

Caption: Allocasuarina paludosa 071010-7460

Photographer: Tony Rodd

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_rodd/1894502741/

Notes: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, near shore of Westernport Bay. This is obviously the female plant, laden with fruiting "cones" -- in fact each is a spike composed of woody bracts, with pairs of bracts enclosing small winged nuts -- not too different from the tiny fruits of birches (Betula, another member of the Fagales), which also

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