Where found:

• Sea level to 250 metres.
• Farms and gardens for shelter.
• Tolerates a wide range of soils including peat, but prefers deep, well drained soil with adequate moisture.
  

• Upright medium-growing graceful tree with slightly spreading habit. Pendulous branches can be trimmed for shelter. Evergreen.
• Leaves are deep green drooping needles.
• Produces small reddish brown flower. Male catkins and female flowers occur on separate trees. Develops 1 centimetre cones, ovoid, woody and yellow-brown.
• Hard furrowed dark grey bark with a pinkish tinge. It has small white blisters when the tree is young.
• Tolerates most conditions including wind and moderate coastal situations. Slightly frost tender. One of a number of she-oak species - some very drought tolerant.
• Moderate potential for timber.