Parramatta Green Wattle at Majura, ACT
Identification history
| Acacia parramattensis | 15 Feb 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Acacia baileyana x Acacia dealbata | 23 Jun 2020 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Acacia parramattensis | 21 Jun 2020 | waltraud | ||
| Unverified | 21 Jun 2020 | sbittinger |
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4 comments
waltraud
wrote:
21 Jun 2020
Hmm... 2 species which are similar: Acacia mearnsii and Acacia parramattensis. Both occur on Mt Majura. I think it is A parramattensis because of the fairly wide-spaced pinnae (first-order leaflets); however, I would need to check the glands along the leaf stem (at the lower surface & visible with magnifying glass; in Ap one gland per pair of pinnae sometimes one little gland in between; in Am glands are more numerous, irregularly spaced of irregular size and hairy.
waltraud
wrote:
23 Jun 2020
thanks for suggestion M.
The colour of the foliage is not as I know it from either parent species or hybrid but then colour shown in photos can be misleading...
The colour of the foliage is not as I know it from either parent species or hybrid but then colour shown in photos can be misleading...
sbittinger
wrote:
24 Jun 2020
I have returned to that same tree and taken additional photos to help possibly identify it more accurately. The additional photos are at https://photos.app.goo.gl/6z69wLnnPvUU44P96 This particular species seems to be short lived. There used to be lots of them near the summit of Mount Majura, but almost all of them are now dead.
waltraud
wrote:
24 Jun 2020
Many thanks Steve I had a look at the photos; now I'm even less convinced that this the hybrid. Glands at the base of each pair of pinnae with a smaller gland in between fits Ap as described above (L Costermans Native Trees and shrubs of south-eastern Australia 2002, p299). What do you think Michael?
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.183685-35.237204
- Altitude 885.4m
- Places Majura, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 19 Jun 2020 07:04 PM Recorded on
- sbittinger Recorded by
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Collections
sbittinger Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Acacia parramattensis Wattles Plants
Additional information
- 12 Tree diameter (m)
- True In flower
- True Planted
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
Species information
- Acacia parramattensis Scientific name
- Parramatta Green Wattle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 885.39m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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