Acacia boormanii

Snowy River Wattle at Majura, ACT

Acacia boormanii at Majura, ACT - 13 Sep 2015
Acacia boormanii at Majura, ACT - 13 Sep 2015
Acacia boormanii at Majura, ACT - 13 Sep 2015
Acacia boormanii at Majura, ACT - 13 Sep 2015
Acacia boormanii at Majura, ACT - 13 Sep 2015
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Acacia boormanii 15 Sep 2015 BettyDonWood
Acacia dawsonii 14 Sep 2015 galah681
Unidentified 13 Sep 2015 SilkeSma

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6 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:
   14 Sep 2015
This is very tentative. I need a good photo of the stems and leaves, and of immature flowers (to count the number of flowers per head).
galah681 wrote:
   15 Sep 2015
There are 2 locations on Farrer Ridge that havevery similar looking species. I first thought it was A. boormanii, but the phyllodes seem to be too long and they are trees rather than bushes.
SilkeSma wrote:
   15 Sep 2015
I've taken a few more photos of immature flowers. I hope this'll make things a bit clearer. By the way, if this turns out to be A. dawsonii you might also want to have another look at the other acacia I spotted on the same day (currently logged as A. boormanii). They looked very similar to me.
BettyDonWood wrote:
   16 Sep 2015
I have decided it must be Acacia boormanni on the following grounds. The 'leaves' point down (never in A. dawsonii). The branchlets are not prominently ribbed, and nor are they hairy, as they are in A. dawsonii. The 'leaves' do not have prominent resinous ribs, as does A. dawsonii. However, before anyone starts pulling them out, a specimen should be checked by an expert. There is only so much one can infer from a photo.
   16 Sep 2015
Thanks Betty, Silke would you be able to collect a specimen for the Botanic Gardens
Mike wrote:
   16 Sep 2015
There is also Acacia boormanii on Isaacs Ridge and I am taking a specimen to the Herbarium. Actually I am taking in seven non-local acacias so if I started removing them there would not be much left!

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