Basic information | ||
Scientific name | Casuarina equisetifolia | (No picture) |
Common names | Beefwood, ironwood | |
Higher taxon | Casuarinaceae, Casuarinales, Magnoliopsida, Magnoliophyta | |
Natural range | Australia, Fiji, Vanuatu, southeast Asia, India, etc. | |
Habitat | Planted in ruderal and coastal habitat. |
Invasion information | ||
Range in Japan | Ryukyus and Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands. | |
Origin | Australia | |
Date | Under Construction. | |
Route | Deliberate: Erosion control | |
Impact | Change of ecosystem. Decline of barren habitat. The fallen leaves of this species and Ryukyu Islands pine Pinus luchuensis are hard to be decomposed, and interfere the regeneration of native vegetation. Native organism(s) affected: Native plants. Loss of barren habitat may have caused local extinction of an endemic beetle of Ogasawara Cinidela bonia. | |
Regulation in Japan | No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication. | |
Introduced range in other countries | Wide area in tropical and subtropical region. Pakistan, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, several other Pacific islands, USA mainland, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Bahama, several other Antille islands, Ecuador, etc. |
Reference | Notes |
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