Acacia sp.

A Wattle at Jerrabomberra, ACT

Acacia sp. at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 15 Jul 2018
Acacia sp. at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 15 Jul 2018
Acacia sp. at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 15 Jul 2018
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Acacia sp. 28 Jul 2018 BettyDonWood
Acacia sp. 28 Jul 2018 BettyDonWood
Unidentified 14 Jul 2018 Mike

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10 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:
   17 Jul 2018
Possibly Acacia elata. It is a rainforest tree and quite frost tender, but I cannot think of anything else with leaflets that big. There is a faint possibility it might be Acacia blayana. The number of leaflets are at the extreme of its range. However, it is quite rare and as far as I know not in cultivation. It comes from Wadbilliga National Park in the ranges behind Bega, so would be much more frost tolerant.
Mike wrote:
   17 Jul 2018
When I first saw it I thought of Acacia rubida because of the juvenile foliage but it wasn't quite right and the adult flat phyllodes have more than one vein. Does A. elata have flat phyllodes?
BettyDonWood wrote:
   17 Jul 2018
No. It does not have phyllodes at all. I am afraid I did not notice them. Back to the drawing board.
I suspect it will have to be Acacia sp. Or you could wait for the Wattle app to be released and try to ID from it, which should be very soon.
Mike wrote:
   17 Jul 2018
Another migrant acacia settled in Isaacs.
   17 Jul 2018
Mike you have posted this species previously - I think you have a few scattered seedlings
Mike wrote:
   17 Jul 2018
I am not sure, because this also has phyllodes 60-70mm long and 2-3mm wide (some terminated by a pair of bipinnate leaves. There is also A. terminalis nearby which is vaguely similar (but without phyllodes). Pinnule tips are more rounded than on the A. elata. The Lucid wattle key has bipinnate and phyllodes but not both.
Mike wrote:
   19 Jul 2018
I shouldn't be going on leaf shape with all the different A. buxifolia variants nearby, but I think this is A. terminalis. I can't find whether A. terminalis sometimes has phyllodes.
BettyDonWood wrote:
   19 Jul 2018
I have checked the info about Acacia elata, which never has phyllodes and has pointed leaflets. On blowing up your photo, I can see the beginnings of phyllodes at the bases of several of the leaves. I will try to find out what species other than rubida have true leaves and phyllodes.
Mike wrote:
   19 Jul 2018
I have added closeups of phyllode. Plant is small and growing in shade - I don't know how old it might be. There are no flower buds that I can see.
BettyDonWood wrote:
   28 Jul 2018
I suspect it is a hybrid. I have checked out all the wattles that are in my key to plants of SE NSW and with 18-22 leaflets per leaf. It did not fit any of them.

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  • 15 Jul 2018 01:43 PM Recorded on
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  • 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height

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  • Not Sensitive
  • Non-local native
  • Minor Weed or Pest
  • Up to 1029.8m Recorded at altitude
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  • In flower

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