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Like the closely related genus Casuarina, they are commonly called sheoaks or she-oaks, they are notable for their long, segmented branchlets that function as leaves.
Formally termed cladodes, these branchlets somewhat resemble pine needles, although sheoaks are actually flowering plants.
Fallen cladodes form a dense, soft mat beneath sheoaks, preventing the development of undergrowth and making sheoak woods remarkably quiet.
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