Acacia mearnsii
Black Wattle at Aranda, ACT
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| Acacia mearnsii | natureguy | 19 Aug 2023 | |
| Acacia decurrens | CarbonAI | 19 Aug 2023 | |
| Acacia mearnsii | lbradley | 19 Aug 2023 |
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7 comments
19 Aug 2023
Hey Luke - would you check this one again? I'm thinking that CarbonAI might be right - it might be A. decurrens. Mine has orbicular jugary glands at all pairs of pinna which is the description at:
https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Acacia%20decurrens
Acacia mearnsii is usually with 1 or 2 often confluent interjugary glands between some or all pairs of pinnae
My 4th pic clearly shows glands as for A. decurrens
What do you think?
https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Acacia%20decurrens
Acacia mearnsii is usually with 1 or 2 often confluent interjugary glands between some or all pairs of pinnae
My 4th pic clearly shows glands as for A. decurrens
What do you think?
19 Aug 2023
Luke is correct, A.mearnsii. We can say that pretty confidently based upon phyllode shape and structure. A.mearnsii usually has interjugary glands, so I'm not quite sure what you are trying to say.
19 Aug 2023
There are single glands between each pair of pinnae at regular intervals for mine which is consistent with A. decurrens. A. mearnsii has 1 or 2 glands between each pair of pinnae and irregularly spaced.
19 Aug 2023
Compare glands on photo at
Acacia mearnsii (Black Wattle)
With the glands on my 4th photo (you will have to enlarge my photo a bit)
Acacia mearnsii (Black Wattle)
With the glands on my 4th photo (you will have to enlarge my photo a bit)
19 Aug 2023
Forget it. I need it for my species list - I don’t have A. mearnsii and I already have A. decurrens. Which is also an indicator that it might be A. decurrens. There are other A. decurrens in the area not no other sightings of A. mearnsii in that area. The only recorded sighting of A. mearnsii in AB is near the Cook entrance to AB - no where near.
19 Aug 2023
To me this is a pretty typical A. mearnsii as discussed above by Ciaran - it is a very common and typical species found throughout most patches of woodland locally so I'm almost surprised by what you're implying that it hasn't been recorded more widely in Aranda Bushland.
19 Aug 2023
A.mearnsii tends to be a grassy woodland species and Aranda is mostly heavily forested woodland (being on BM sandstone). So it's probably naturally uncommon in the area relative to other species.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.084193-35.270648
- Altitude 603.9m
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Aranda, ACT Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 19 Aug 2023 11:46 AM Recorded on
- lbradley Recorded by
- No In flower
Collections
- Aranda plants collection lbradley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Acacia mearnsii Wattles Plants
Species information
- Acacia mearnsii Scientific name
- Black Wattle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 930m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Nummerak
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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