Desert oakMeaning: ResurrectionAllocasuarina decaisneana | Central AustraliaKurkara (Pit.) have deeply furrowed, cork-like bark, which is fire-retardant. Slow-growing but fast to develop a taproot that can reach subsurface water at depths over ten meters. Mature trees form a large, bushy canopy. Many found in the central desert are likely to be more than one thousand years old.
-Holly Ringland
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