Acacia mearnsii

Black Wattle at Hackett, ACT

Acacia mearnsii at Hackett, ACT - 21 Jul 2024
Acacia mearnsii at Hackett, ACT - 21 Jul 2024
Acacia mearnsii at Hackett, ACT - 21 Jul 2024
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Identification history

Acacia mearnsii 22 Jul 2024 MichaelMulvaney
Acacia mearnsii 22 Jul 2024 JT1997
Acacia decurrens 21 Jul 2024 CarbonAI
Acacia parramattensis 21 Jul 2024 Venture

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5 comments

waltraud wrote:
   21 Jul 2024
need to see the stems.
Venture wrote:
   21 Jul 2024
I must've forgotten to get photos of the stem my apologies.
waltraud wrote:
   21 Jul 2024
Okay. A decurrens has typical "wings" running along stems; check out CNM for instance https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4463598. "wings" are obvious on young plants and young stems
JT1997 wrote:
   22 Jul 2024
I would lean towards A. mearnsii here as:

- A. decurrens does not have the interjugary glands pictured; and

- the velvety stems aren't totally characteristic of A. parramattensis (i'm not super familiar with this species though).
waltraud wrote:
   22 Jul 2024
Both species - mearnsii & parramattensis - are present at Mt Majura.... I always have difficulties to distinguish the 2 species; parramattensis can have small glands between the bigger glands at the base of the leaflets but I agree: the velvety stems seem to indicate mearnsii.

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  • 1 Abundance
  • 21 Jul 2024 03:07 PM Recorded on
  • Venture Recorded by

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
  • Machine learning
  • In flower
  • Ngunnawal language

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