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TitleAllocasuarina paludosa 071010-7460
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
Rating4
VettedTrusted
Description
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 resemble seeds.
Original URLhttp://farm3.staticflickr.com/2161/1894502741_25b62c225b_o.jpg
photographerTony Rodd
providerFlickr: EOL Images
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith