Box-leaf Wattle at Jerrabomberra, ACT
Identification history
| Acacia buxifolia subsp. buxifolia | 17 Jul 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Acacia buxifolia subsp. buxifolia | 17 Jul 2018 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Unidentified | 15 Jul 2018 | Mike |
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User's notes
This looks different from the other wattle nearby.
7 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
18 Jul 2018
My worry about the ID of Acacia buxifolia is that the flower clusters are a lot longer than the leaves. Otherwise a pretty good fit. The Wattle app should be out shortly so if necessary it can be keyed out then.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
18 Jul 2018
Flowering spikes can be up t0 80cm so seems to fit with Acacia buxifolia
Mike
wrote:
18 Jul 2018
This is a flat-topped bush. Compare this with the nearby sighting https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3403403 which is a tall plant which has wider phyllodes and green stems. A. buxifolia a few hundred metres west is different again.
BettyDonWood
wrote:
18 Jul 2018
A. buxifolia subsp. buxifolia is quite variable. Plantnet states it can be erect or spreading. Its natural range is from Queensland to Victoria and coast to western slopes. Planted specimens could have been sourced from anywhere in that range.
http://worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=b&id=23584&o=1
http://worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=b&id=23584&o=1
Mike
wrote:
18 Jul 2018
There is also Acacia decora (prev. A. buxifolia var. decora) nearby https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/34138. These don't seem to planted specimens unless some widely-travelled botanist scattered his seed collections in the pines.
BettyDonWood
wrote:
18 Jul 2018
I did think about Acacia decora but decided it was not like enough your photo to mention it as a possibility.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.121698-35.381413
- Altitude 741.6m
- Maps Isaacs Ridge and Nearby
- Places Jerrabomberra, ACT
Sighting information
Additional information
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
Species information
- Acacia buxifolia subsp. buxifolia Scientific name
- Box-leaf Wattle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1776.8m Recorded at altitude
- 246 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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