Green Wattle at Molonglo Valley, ACT
Identification history
| Acacia parramattensis | 24 May 2024 | Tapirlord | ||
| Acacia deanei subsp. paucijuga | 13 May 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Acacia deanei subsp. paucijuga | 25 Feb 2018 | galah681 |
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10 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
26 Feb 2018
It would help with confirmation if you could add field notes or clear photos showing diagnostics.
http://worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=d&id=23627&o=1
http://worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=d&id=23627&o=1
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
14 May 2018
I"m confirming it on the basis that the features in the photo make the identification probable and presumably it was acquired for the Arboretum under this name
waltraud
wrote:
24 May 2024
The species is not listed on the ACT Census of vascular plants; the planted specimen seem to be the only recorded in the ACT (the Arboretum is famous for its weeds think Callery Pear). I first thought A decurrens; I found PlantNet lists the synonym A. decurrens var. deanei, see https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~deanei
Tapirlord
wrote:
24 May 2024
A.deanei comes as far east as Yass, but I've never actually seen it in the ACT. I think Michael's analysis is pretty sound here
Mike
wrote:
24 May 2024
Location seems to be Southern Tablelands Ecosystems PARK (STEP) but Acacia deanei is not one of the listed species in https://www.nationalarboretum.act.gov.au/living-collections/step/list-of-species-in-step.
waltraud
wrote:
24 May 2024
So it is not known from ACT, it is not listed by the Census and the only record is from a planted specimen in the Arboretum. How can you be sure that it is a local species?
Tapirlord
wrote:
24 May 2024
Waltraud the species is local to the southern tablelands (hence the Yass detail), remember that CNM extends beyond the ACT
Tapirlord
wrote:
24 May 2024
On second thoughts I would wonder about A.parramatensis, particularly given the flowering time
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
24 May 2024
waltraud
wrote:
25 May 2024
Ciaran
okay in principle but it doesn't help for this particular planted specimen I'd think? perhaps there is a need for collecting a specimen for id or ask STEP about this particular planting? the latter might not help though if they got the seedling from unknown source: I think bipinnate Acacia hybridize easily for instance when we ordered A dealbata for various project restoration plantings we received seedlings that had a wide range of phenotype of A dealbata and A decurrens. From my observation in the Mts Majura/ Ainslie reserves I sometimes suspect, A decurrens and A parramatensis hybridize too...
okay in principle but it doesn't help for this particular planted specimen I'd think? perhaps there is a need for collecting a specimen for id or ask STEP about this particular planting? the latter might not help though if they got the seedling from unknown source: I think bipinnate Acacia hybridize easily for instance when we ordered A dealbata for various project restoration plantings we received seedlings that had a wide range of phenotype of A dealbata and A decurrens. From my observation in the Mts Majura/ Ainslie reserves I sometimes suspect, A decurrens and A parramatensis hybridize too...
Location information
- Coordinates 149.066690-35.286098
- Maps National Arboretum Forests Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park
- Places Molonglo Valley, ACT
Sighting information
Additional information
- True In flower
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
Species information
- Acacia deanei subsp. paucijuga Scientific name
- Green Wattle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 123.28m to 426.79m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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