Acacia decurrens
Green Wattle at Garran, ACT
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| Acacia decurrens | BettyDonWood | 2 Aug 2017 | |
| Acacia decurrens | ruthkerruish | 2 Aug 2017 |
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I have re-entered this sighting but removed the borer damage etc from the previous sighting. I just want to be sure that these wattles we have in abundance are Acacia decurrens as we hope to remove young trees from new plantings of Allocasuarinas, etc.
4 comments
2 Aug 2017
The easiest diagnostic for Acacia decurrens is the branchlets, which are prominently anged and ridged. The leaf bases continue down the stem (decurrent) forming ridges.
3 Aug 2017
The leaves look a bit dry. The ridges are prominent in young plants and new growth but not as obvious in mature plants. Acacia decurrens is in bud at the moment but other 'ferny' acacias like mearnsii and paramattensis are not. A. dealbata is in bud but has gray-green foliage.
3 Aug 2017
Thank you Mike. We finished identifying the eucalypts and now we are on the wattles and discovered that 95% of wattles in the park are non-native to the area and very weedy. It seems that we will have to make an acceptable gradual replacement plan for some of them. Unfortunately the 2 local species we do have are in poor health (A. dealbata and A. rubida).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.098817-35.339187
- Altitude 611.1m
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Garran, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 24 Jul 2017 12:00 AM Recorded on
- ruthkerruish Recorded by
- Yes In flower
- Greater than 5 metres Plant height
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Species information
- Acacia decurrens Scientific name
- Green Wattle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Non-local native
- Medium weed or pest
- Up to 975m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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