black she-oak vs false broom

Allocasuarina littoralis compared with Brachypodium sylvaticum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black she-oak	false broom
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Casuarinaceae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Allocasuarina	Brachypodium
Species	Allocasuarina littoralis	Brachypodium sylvaticum

Evolutionary Relationship

black she-oak and false broom share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

black she-oak

LC — Least Concern

false broom

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black she-oak	false broom
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black she-oak

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found in India.

false broom

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Sri Lanka, Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil).

black she-oak

The Black she-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) is a species in the genus Allocasuarina. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.