Members of this family are characterized by drooping equisetoid (meaning "looking like Equisetum"; that is, horsetail) twigs, evergreen foliage, monoeciousordioecious and infructescences ('fruiting bodies') cone-like, meaning combining many outward-pointing valves, each containing a seed, into roughly spherical, cone-like, woody structures. The roots have nitrogen-fixing nodules that contain the soil actinomycete Frankia.[7]
In Australia, the most widely used common name for Casuarinaceae species is sheoakorshe-oak (a comparison of the timber quality with English oak). Other common names in Australia include ironwood, bull-oakorbuloke, beefwood,[8]orcassowary tree.[9]
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^Cox, P.; Freeland, J. (1969). Rude timber buildings in Australia. Thames and Hudson. p. 18. ISBN0-500-34035-8. Cox states that the name 'she-oak' is derived from Native America sheac — beefwood.
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