River She-oak
Casuarina cunninghamiana

Location: Lemos St.
Park: Gomes Elementary School
District: Mission San Jose
Native to: Australia
Tree type: flowering
Leaf retention: evergreen

Comments: Broadleaf evergreen, native mostly to Australia. Long, thin, jointed, green branches with inconspicuous leaves looking like pine needles. Matrue trees to 80' in native habitat. Produces woody, conelike fruits. Tree is very drought tolerant.

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Illustration by Philip Eaker