Desert oak may refer to several Australian tree species with narrow, needle-like leaves or stems, including:
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Acacia coriacea
''Acacia coriacea'', commonly known as river jam, wirewood, desert oak, wiry wattle or dogwood, is a tree in the family Mimosoideae of family Fabaceae. Indigenous Australians know the plant as Gunandru.
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Acacia sericophylla
''Acacia sericophylla'' is a shrub or tree commonly known as the desert dogwood, desert oak or cork-bark wattle. To the Indigenous Australian people of the Pilbara, the Nyangumarta peoples, it is known as Pirrkala. The species is of the genus '' ...
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Allocasuarina decaisneana
''Allocasuarina decaisneana'' or desert oak is a medium-sized, slow-growing tree found in the dry desert regions of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.
The Anangu peoples know the tree as kurkara.
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