Acacia implexa

1 Hickory Wattle, Lightwood at Dunlop, ACT

Acacia implexa at Dunlop, ACT - 26 Apr 2020
Acacia implexa at Dunlop, ACT - 26 Apr 2020
Acacia implexa at Dunlop, ACT - 26 Apr 2020
Acacia implexa at Dunlop, ACT - 26 Apr 2020
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Acacia implexa 26 Apr 2020 MichaelMulvaney
Acacia implexa 26 Apr 2020 MattM

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3 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:
   26 Apr 2020
The best way to distinguish melanoxylon from implexa is by the arils on the seeds- melanoxylon (red aril forming a complete circle or more round the seed) and implexa (white aril folded at one end of the seed). Otherwise, the venation of the phyllodes - melanoxylon (finer veins forming a network between the parallel veins): implexa (finer veins parallel to the larger parallel veins). Your photos are not clear enough to show this. Your comment about this instead of a new photo is fine. Implexa in general favours drier habitats than melanoxylon, but with so much planting of melanoxylon in drier habitats years ago, that distinction does not hold in Canberra.
MattM wrote:
   26 Apr 2020
I have just uploaded a more zoomed in image of the leaf.
BettyDonWood wrote:
   27 Apr 2020
Zooming in to the smaller veins in the new photo suggests to me that this might be melanoxylon.

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