Cas. Equisetifolio fixes ca 60-230kg N/ha/yr (Aspiras. 1981). In India, it is used to fuel locomotives. In China the wood is used to firing brick kilns. With a specific gravity of 0.8-1.2, the wood has a calorific value of 4,959 kcal/kg (8,910 Btu). The charcoal has a calorific value of 7,181, kcal/kg, one of the highest reported values for wood charcoals. The yields of 10-20 MT/ha/yr are roughly equivalent to 25-50 barrels of oil/ha/yr.
Wow this is so interesting. I never knew this about the casuarina tree. It makes sense as it looks like a good burning wood with the shaggy bark. Thanks so much for the information!
I just purchased this tree from a local nursery. It was tagged Australian Ironwood. That is what sold me. I do some woodworking and wanted to have the chance to actually plant some ironwood and see how it matures. Learn as I grow in the backyard of Calif. Bay Area....TM
They are very hardy, salt tolerant certain species can grow in wetlands and stabilise banks to prevent erosion. The trees in your video could be worked on eg . crown lifted to allow for some light to get in.Some of the most weedy tree species here in Sydney include Camphor Laurels, large and small leaf privet, African olive, Ochna Serrulata.
In Australian I think they are a very good plant. Here, the roots are too shallow for our sandy soil and they tend to get uprooted after storms. I love the way they look though! One of the tallest trees on our island. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video; our neighbor has them on their property. It has killed all the plants we have added through the years, and we have spent thousands in landscaping; the City made us plant more trees and bushes, but I don't know how long those will last; our backyard and pool get full of its needles. The county and the city haven't gotten the neighbor to cut them. The trees are enormous, and the neighbor is hostile. We have been living with this nightmare for years.
What a terrible situation, I’m so sorry you guys have had to deal with that. I know it would be more money spent, but I wonder if a screen room around your pool would help some, at least keep the acidic needles out of the pool area. Maybe tell the neighbor you can’t live without the shade of his trees and how much you love them maybe then they will decide to cut them down. Best of luck
It's so funny that they are illegal in Florida, yet in Australia it is Soooooo illegal to chop one of these down as they are protected!! Huge Fines. We have them all around our area, and they bring a LOT of birds & wildlife. They are also the BEST wood in the world for HOT Fires, not that we are allowed to chop them down...lol. Also very hard wood for tools, etc. They do spring up EVERYWHERE, and very very fast growing, so if you don't want one growing in the middle your pool area, you are best pulling it out when it is only 3 inches tall.
That is funny! Super cool that they make great firewood and great wood for projects. We have a big problem with invasive plants, animals, insects, etc here in Florida, which probably contributes to the laws that have been passed. I will have to try some for firewood for sure!
These trees you still hold the coast line. So well, until the hurricanes took them out. Which we can't stop that. But then the developers in the State started making these changes. And now there's more erosion than ever before.
This guy with this channel doesn't noway's talking about. Of course, if it shades out, there will be anything else growing near it. That's just nature yellowpine can do the same thing at all depends.
It pisses me off so much. They've been here for ever. I can tell because of where they are. I've heard so many stories about who brought them here. And when. And the circus brought them here and planted them all over. It's just so ridiculous. They are all over the Southern states and in Texas. They're even in South America. But government wants to charge the taxpayers to remove them. And then people that want to buy land have to pay to have them removed. It just makes me so mad.
But you can go to any store like home. Depot in Lowe's and get some other and vasive species and plant. That and that will be okay. The Australian pine is a really, really good tree. Just because something else won't grow near it. Which I know that's a lie. Because I've seen so many plants that have rat themselves around The Australian pine. I've seen cabbage Palm, which is the state tree. Grow right up next to it. And the American yellow pine, Southern yellow pine. Some tired of any body that's so ignorant. Don't know what they're talking about. Just because it has a lot of shade and something won't grow near it because it doesn't get enough. Sunlight isn't a good reason to chop this down and get rid of it? This tree is a damn good tree.
Horsetail casuarina, Catalina named for the Cassowary of northern Australia and New Guinea. In the part of Australia I'm from several varieties normally called Buloke/Bullock ore Sheoak tree. Buloke wood best firewood available as burns longer and hotter than others.
@@IslandsnHighlands That's nothing. Not only their nutritional value will surprise you but also their usefulness in bushcraft projects. And you don't have to worry about using up all the invasive trees.
It pisses me off people like this. And they're the reason why we have to pay more taxes to have. These trees removed. Born and raised in Florida. And these trees have been mode over. For no good reason, it upsets the hell out of me. I miss my beautiful state of Florida. Not to mention the overdevelopment. We have to pay extra for these people. That work for the state that don't know what the hell they're talking about. Hes probably one of them.
They have beautiful wood
And despite being invasive they do make an excellent wind break (for agricultural purposes).
I see these trees all around the Tampa, St. Pete area. They are gorgeous!!!
They are used as windbreaks for citrus groves as well. They may be invasive but I have to agree they are gorgeous!
Cas. Equisetifolio fixes ca 60-230kg N/ha/yr (Aspiras. 1981). In India, it is used to fuel locomotives. In China the wood is used to firing brick kilns. With a specific gravity of 0.8-1.2, the wood has a calorific value of 4,959 kcal/kg (8,910 Btu). The charcoal has a calorific value of 7,181, kcal/kg, one of the highest reported values for wood charcoals. The yields of 10-20 MT/ha/yr are roughly equivalent to 25-50 barrels of oil/ha/yr.
Wow this is so interesting. I never knew this about the casuarina tree. It makes sense as it looks like a good burning wood with the shaggy bark. Thanks so much for the information!
I just purchased this tree from a local nursery. It was tagged Australian Ironwood. That is what sold me. I do some woodworking and wanted to have the chance to actually plant some ironwood and see how it matures. Learn as I grow in the backyard of Calif. Bay Area....TM
They are very hardy, salt tolerant certain species can grow in wetlands and stabilise banks to prevent erosion. The trees in your video could be worked on eg . crown lifted to allow for some light to get in.Some of the most weedy tree species here in Sydney include Camphor Laurels, large and small leaf privet, African olive, Ochna Serrulata.
In Australian I think they are a very good plant. Here, the roots are too shallow for our sandy soil and they tend to get uprooted after storms. I love the way they look though! One of the tallest trees on our island. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video; our neighbor has them on their property. It has killed all the plants we have added through the years, and we have spent thousands in landscaping; the City made us plant more trees and bushes, but I don't know how long those will last; our backyard and pool get full of its needles. The county and the city haven't gotten the neighbor to cut them. The trees are enormous, and the neighbor is hostile. We have been living with this nightmare for years.
What a terrible situation, I’m so sorry you guys have had to deal with that. I know it would be more money spent, but I wonder if a screen room around your pool would help some, at least keep the acidic needles out of the pool area. Maybe tell the neighbor you can’t live without the shade of his trees and how much you love them maybe then they will decide to cut them down. Best of luck
They probably like that it blocks out pesky neighbors
It's so funny that they are illegal in Florida, yet in Australia it is Soooooo illegal to chop one of these down as they are protected!! Huge Fines. We have them all around our area, and they bring a LOT of birds & wildlife. They are also the BEST wood in the world for HOT Fires, not that we are allowed to chop them down...lol. Also very hard wood for tools, etc. They do spring up EVERYWHERE, and very very fast growing, so if you don't want one growing in the middle your pool area, you are best pulling it out when it is only 3 inches tall.
That is funny! Super cool that they make great firewood and great wood for projects. We have a big problem with invasive plants, animals, insects, etc here in Florida, which probably contributes to the laws that have been passed. I will have to try some for firewood for sure!
They have good smell if you sit under them
We never noticed this (I wonder if it is a seasonal thing)- we will give it a try next time we are at the park!
1:50 when they grow higher they fix the soil and the other plants can grow fine.
I had no idea they were nitrogen fixers
Thank you
Thank you!
They have always been here. They are here all over America.
What is people in Australia said that they were American pines that were evasive species?
They dont grow that well down here in Sydney ! they are all scrappy and ragged
Yes they look like that in the Bahamas as well- here they grow huge and lush!
These trees you still hold the coast line. So well, until the hurricanes took them out. Which we can't stop that. But then the developers in the State started making these changes. And now there's more erosion than ever before.
Save The Australian pine, it is a good tree.😮😮😮
This guy with this channel doesn't noway's talking about. Of course, if it shades out, there will be anything else growing near it. That's just nature yellowpine can do the same thing at all depends.
It pisses me off so much. They've been here for ever. I can tell because of where they are. I've heard so many stories about who brought them here. And when. And the circus brought them here and planted them all over. It's just so ridiculous. They are all over the Southern states and in Texas.
They're even in South America. But government wants to charge the taxpayers to remove them. And then people that want to buy land have to pay to have them removed. It just makes me so mad.
But you can go to any store like home. Depot in Lowe's and get some other and vasive species and plant. That and that will be okay. The Australian pine is a really, really good tree. Just because something else won't grow near it. Which I know that's a lie. Because I've seen so many plants that have rat themselves around The Australian pine. I've seen cabbage Palm, which is the state tree. Grow right up next to it. And the American yellow pine, Southern yellow pine. Some tired of any body that's so ignorant. Don't know what they're talking about. Just because it has a lot of shade and something won't grow near it because it doesn't get enough. Sunlight isn't a good reason to chop this down and get rid of it? This tree is a damn good tree.
Casuarina Equisetifolia?
Yes!
Horsetail casuarina,
Catalina named for the Cassowary of northern Australia and New Guinea.
In the part of Australia I'm from several varieties normally called Buloke/Bullock ore Sheoak tree.
Buloke wood best firewood available as burns longer and hotter than others.
You managed to say invasive more times than I care to count and say nothing. Learn about the plant.
Thanks for the kind comment!
@@IslandsnHighlands That's nothing. Not only their nutritional value will surprise you but also their usefulness in bushcraft projects. And you don't have to worry about using up all the invasive trees.
Thank you for the knowledge, we will have to research this plant more.
It pisses me off people like this. And they're the reason why we have to pay more taxes to have. These trees removed. Born and raised in Florida. And these trees have been mode over. For no good reason, it upsets the hell out of me. I miss my beautiful state of Florida. Not to mention the overdevelopment.
We have to pay extra for these people. That work for the state that don't know what the hell they're talking about. Hes probably one of them.