Casuarina obesa
Location: 18th hole on the right side of the fairway 50 metres short of greenside bunkers
| Other locations on course: | The 15th hole on the left side of the fairway, 100 metres from the tee.
The 13th hole 70 metres from the green on the left. |
| Distribution: | The Murchison River near Kalbarri to the Swan coastal plain around Perth. It also has a discontinuous distribution in an easterly direction as far as the Gibson Desert. |
| Height: | to 15 metres. |
| Uses: | It is a nitrogen fixing tree. It is also used for wind breaks and commercial sawn timber. |
It is an excellent remedial species for salt affected land and is one of Australia’s most salt tolerant trees.
“I have reached illusions end in this grove of falling trees; each leaf a signal of real joy, drifting here within my heart” (Mu Dan)