Acacia ulicifolia

Prickly Moses at Jerrabomberra, ACT

Acacia ulicifolia at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 25 Aug 2014
Acacia ulicifolia at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 25 Aug 2014
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Acacia ulicifolia 24 Feb 2015 BettyDonWood
Acacia ulicifolia 19 Feb 2015 Mike

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5 comments

Mike wrote:
   20 Feb 2015
Does anyone know what is attacking this Acacia? It has killed several plants in the vicinity.
   21 Feb 2015
The damage is probably the result of a gall forming fungus see record http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Species/10592. This looks like Acacia Ulicifolia but I can't see any stipules which is distinctive. Were all the leaves less than 2cm or did they go to 4cm as in genisitifolia
BettyDonWood wrote:
   22 Feb 2015
I suspect it is a very late flowering Acacia genistifolia, which has ridged branchlets, angled at the tips. I can see the hint of ridges. However, the photo no banchlets with tips. Acacia ulicifolia, which has cylindrical branchlets.
Mike wrote:
   24 Feb 2015
Close-up of branchlet added.
BettyDonWood wrote:
   25 Feb 2015
The Acacia part of my new key is finished. Using that it came out to Acacia ulicifolia because of the hairy branchlets. Acacia genistifolia has hairless branchlets.

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