Acacia parramattensis

Parramatta Green Wattle at Jerrabomberra, ACT

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Identification history

Acacia parramattensis	17 Jun 2016	MichaelMulvaney
Acacia parramattensis	16 Jun 2016	BettyDonWood
Acacia decurrens	15 Jun 2016	Mike

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Seedlings sprouted after fire hazard reduction burn a couple of years ago. Size varies with some taller ones.

3 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

16 Jun 2016

Branchlets hairless. The branchlets in Acacia mearnsii are hairy. Not Acacia decurrens, where the lleaf staks continue down smoothly into the stem (decurrent).

Mike wrote:

16 Jun 2016

I was going by the ridges on the stems, and knowing that Acacia decurrens was planted in this area around 1998.
I will need to compare A. decurrens (sharp ridges) and A. parramattensis (rounded ridges) according to NPA Field Guide to Native Trees of the ACT so I don't get confused in future.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

18 Jun 2016

Thanks Betty - like Mike I have also been confusing Acacia parramattenisis with A. decurrens just going on the ridged stem, which I now see isn't enough. Look forward to your on-line key to make us all even better botanists

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Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
15 Jun 2016 04:18 PM Recorded on
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Mike Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Acacia parramattensis Wattles Plants

Additional information

30cm to 1 metre Plant height

Species information

Acacia parramattensis Scientific name
Parramatta Green Wattle Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 885.39m Recorded at altitude
In flower

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