Acacia boormanii

Snowy River Wattle at Majura, ACT

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Identification history

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.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

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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At least 1 Abundance
13 Sep 2015 08:17 AM Recorded on
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True In flower

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Acacia boormanii Scientific name
Snowy River Wattle Common name
Not Sensitive
Non-local native
Minor weed or pest
Up to 1136m Recorded at altitude
231 images trained Machine learning
In flower
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