Allocasuarina rupicola, commonly known as shrubby she-oak,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of eastern Australia.
Male flowers are arranged in spikes resembling a string of beads 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) long, with 7.5 to 8 whorls per centimetre (per 0.39 in.
[3][4][5] Allocasuarina rupicola was first described in 1989 by Lawrie Johnson in Flora of Australia.
[5][6] The specific epithet, (rupicola) means "rock-dweller", referring to its occurrence near rocks.
[5] Shrubby she-oak is found among clefts in granite on the slopes of mountains and near creeks between Wyberba in south-eastern Queensland, and Boonoo Boonoo National Park in north eastern New South Wales.