Acacia melanoxylon (Blackwood)

Blackwood at Isaacs Ridge and Nearby

Acacia melanoxylon at Isaacs Ridge and Nearby - 30 Aug 2016

Identification history

Acacia melanoxylon	2 Sep 2016	MichaelMulvaney
Acacia melanoxylon	2 Sep 2016	Mike

3 comments

Mike wrote:

2 Sep 2016

Someone suggested A. pycnantha but the phyllodes show several veins.

BettyDonWood wrote:

2 Sep 2016

It might be Acacia implexa, though that species usually flowers in summer in the ACT. The most reliable way of telling them apart is from the colour and shape of the fleshy aril attached to the seeds - white in Acacia implexa, red in Acacis melanoxylon.

Mike wrote:

2 Sep 2016

The Acacia implexa nearby have more falcate phyllodes and do not yet have buds. Some A. melanoxylon nearby have tight buds and tangled seed pods sometimes with a seed showing red funicle. Originally I thought A. melanoxylon was uncommon enough on Isaacs Ridge that I should record each one, but as I discover more I am less fussy. A. implexa is the commonest local wattle so I record groups when they flower.

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