black she-oak vs Knotgrass

Allocasuarina littoralis compared with Paspalum distichum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black she-oak	Knotgrass
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	Paspalum
Species	Allocasuarina littoralis	Paspalum distichum

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

black she-oak

LC — Least Concern

Knotgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black she-oak	Knotgrass
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.

Knotgrass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (21 countries), Europe (21 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (4 countries).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇮🇳 India