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Sighting 3387564

Acacia dealbata

Silver Wattle at Griffith, ACT

Acacia dealbata at Griffith, ACT - 7 Aug 2019 12:42 PM
Acacia dealbata at Griffith, ACT - 7 Aug 2019 12:42 PM
Acacia dealbata at Griffith, ACT - 7 Aug 2019 12:42 PM
Acacia dealbata at Griffith, ACT - 7 Aug 2019 12:42 PM
Acacia dealbata at Griffith, ACT - 7 Aug 2019 12:42 PM
Acacia dealbata at Griffith, ACT - 7 Aug 2019 12:42 PM
Acacia dealbata at Griffith, ACT - 7 Aug 2019 12:42 PM
Acacia dealbata at Griffith, ACT - 7 Aug 2019 12:42 PM
Acacia dealbata at Griffith, ACT - 7 Aug 2019 12:42 PM
Acacia dealbata at Griffith, ACT - 7 Aug 2019 12:42 PM
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Identification history

Acacia dealbata 21 Dec 2017 BettyDonWood
Acacia baileyana 21 Dec 2017 ianandlibby1

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In flower early August 2019

3 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:
   21 Dec 2017
Acacia baileyana leaves have 1-6 pairs (usually 2-4) of primary divisions (pinnae). Acacia dealbata leaves have 6-30 pairs of pinnae.
ianandlibby1 wrote:
   21 Dec 2017
Thanks Betty. Beginners comment: on the images of Acacia dealbata that I looked at now on CNM, the leaves are much longer, spaced out and greener that on the wattle I photographed.
BettyDonWood wrote:
   21 Dec 2017
There are five common species of pinnate wattles in the ACT. The grey leaves species are baileyane, (a noxious weed), and dealbata (one of the two subpecies is native to the ACT). http://worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=b&id=18285&o=1
http://worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=d&id=23625&o=1
They sometimes cross.
The green leaved species are decurrens (flowering mainly early spring), mearnsii(flowering late spring), and parramattensis, which is mainly on Black Mountain and flowering now. Thet are separated by the number and position of glands on the main stem of the leaves, number of pinnae, hairiness on the backs of the keaflets, hairiness of the branchlets.

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  • True In flower
  • 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height

Species information

  • Acacia dealbata Scientific name
  • Silver Wattle Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1369.5m Recorded at altitude
  • 201 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower
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  • Ngunnawal language

    Nummerak

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