Acacia mearnsii

Black Wattle at Mount Ainslie

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Identification history

Acacia mearnsii 17 Jun 2024 MichaelMulvaney
Acacia decurrens 16 Jun 2024 CarbonAI
Acacia mearnsii 16 Jun 2024 abread111

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Pics 2, 3 and 4 taken with low power digital microscope show diagnostic features such as intercalary glands, velvety branchlets and close up of pods. (Not many pods - must have been an out-of-season flowering.)

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height

Species information

  • Acacia mearnsii Scientific name
  • Black Wattle Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 930m Recorded at altitude
  • In flower
  • Synonyms

    Nummerak

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