Acacia melanoxylon
Blackwood at Campbell, ACT
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| Acacia melanoxylon | MichaelMulvaney | 2 Sep 2016 | |
| Acacia melanoxylon | BettyDonWood | 29 Aug 2016 | |
| Acacia pycnantha | BettyDonWood | 23 Aug 2016 | |
| Unverified | SilkeSma | 22 Aug 2016 |
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It might have been planted by someone, there are other trees around there that are clearly planted.
6 comments
24 Aug 2016
It is hard to tell from the photos. Acacia pycnantha has a central vein with secondary veins diverging from it. I cannot quite see that.
24 Aug 2016
The whitish stem and branches makes me think that it is Golden Wattle which is thought to be "local" to Mt Ainslie
25 Aug 2016
I'm not too sure if this one has the central vein. I tend to think not. I'll go back in the next few days and will take another photo of the leaves.
27 Aug 2016
I've put more photos of the leaves up. Clearly no central vein, so I don't think it's a A. pycnantha. What else could it be?
29 Aug 2016
The leaves appear to be much wider than 30 mm, the widest in the descriptions in PlantNET and VicFlora. However, I cannot think what else it could be. VicFlora has notes on three allied species - Acacia melanoxylon as above, Acacia implexa, with leaves to 25 mm wide, and Acacia frigesecens, whose leaves are to 50 mm wide but which has branchlets with a waxy bloom. Perhaps wait till there are ripe seeds and pods.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.149570-35.289444
- Maps Legacy Park Woodland Reserve
- Places Campbell, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 22 Aug 2016 09:32 AM Recorded on
- SilkeSma Recorded by
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
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Species information
- Acacia melanoxylon Scientific name
- Blackwood Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1744.23m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Nummerak
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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