Acacia baileyana
Cootamundra Wattle, Golden Mimosa at Watson, ACT
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| Acacia baileyana | MichaelBedingfield | 21 Jul 2023 | |
| Acacia baileyana | CarbonAI | 20 Jul 2023 | |
| Acacia baileyana | HappyWanderer | 20 Jul 2023 |
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4 comments
21 Jul 2023
happywanderer come to our woody weed working party on 20 August and help tackle this and other cootas; see https://majura.org/woody-weeds-working-bee-20-08-2023/
21 Jul 2023
@waltraud, don’t you get complaints that “wattle is our national emblem” and shouldn’t be removed? I know Acacia pycnantha golden wattle is the national one but but many people just think ‘wattle’. Even A. pycnantha is extending its range in the ACT and could be potentially invasive.
21 Jul 2023
No, so far no complains reg removal of Cootamundra Wattle on Mt Majura; but our fellow Parkcare group the Mt Ainslie Weeders had quite aggressive objections... Cootamundra invasions on east slope of Mt Ainslie change the grassy woodland into something else. So much need for education plus management would need to consider bird habitat - not easy.
21 Jul 2023
Removal has occurred in Mount Taylor Nature Reserve where it was shading out known PTWL habitat.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.168375-35.230996
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Jul 2023 12:11 PM Recorded on
- HappyWanderer Recorded by
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Acacia baileyana Scientific name
- Cootamundra Wattle, Golden Mimosa Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Non-local native
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 1032.93m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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