Dwarf Sheoak is found along our cliffs as a component of coastal heathland. It has a low-growing, stunted growth habit and occasionally produces male and female flowers on separate plants.
The leaves of Sheoaks are tiny and reduced to small leaf teeth in whorls around the branchlets.
Female flowers appear as small, clustered, stalkless, globular crimson red heads.
Male flowers are formed on brown flower spikes in whorls at the tips of the branchlets. Pollination is by wind and if successful the female flowers form into small, uneven cylindrical cones with dark brown winged seeds enclosed in the valves.
Seed-eating birds like parrots feed on this plant.

Indigenous uses as provided by the Wathaurung Aboriginal Corporation: The wood from this small tree is used for making weapons and utensils. She-oaks are a good tree for camping under and is good firewood.