Acacia boormanii
Snowy River Wattle at Watson, ACT
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| Acacia boormanii | waltraud | 16 Aug 2026 |
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single plant; the closest Snowy River Wattles are on the gov horse holding paddock several 100meters to the north. Does anyone have a suggestion how SRW spreads? Other means than ants or water? I have removed SRW close to Mt Majura summit and in a very steep, hard to access drainage line which I don't think were planted by humans.
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17 Aug 2026
abread111 the plantings in the gov horse-holding paddock https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4728826, the plantings along Antill Street and the plantings by my neighbour in her garden in Selwyn Street are all about several 100m distance to this sighting; may be the shortest distance and the oldest plantings are those in the horse-holding paddock. But that still doesn't explain how the species spread - hard to believe that ants move seeds over 100s meters or that water flows uphill
17 Aug 2026
Seed-eating birds such as parrots can carry pods or drop undigested seeds. Yellow tailed black cockatoos carry pine cones.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.170897-35.241847
- Altitude 654.6m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Aug 2026 05:24 PM Recorded on
- waltraud Recorded by
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Species information
- Acacia boormanii Scientific name
- Snowy River Wattle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Non-local native
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 1136m Recorded at altitude
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Was the plant in flower?
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