A Wattle at Jerrabomberra, ACT
Identification history
| Acacia sp. | 28 Jul 2018 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Acacia sp. | 28 Jul 2018 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Unidentified | 14 Jul 2018 | Mike |
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10 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
17 Jul 2018
Possibly Acacia elata. It is a rainforest tree and quite frost tender, but I cannot think of anything else with leaflets that big. There is a faint possibility it might be Acacia blayana. The number of leaflets are at the extreme of its range. However, it is quite rare and as far as I know not in cultivation. It comes from Wadbilliga National Park in the ranges behind Bega, so would be much more frost tolerant.
Mike
wrote:
17 Jul 2018
When I first saw it I thought of Acacia rubida because of the juvenile foliage but it wasn't quite right and the adult flat phyllodes have more than one vein. Does A. elata have flat phyllodes?
BettyDonWood
wrote:
17 Jul 2018
No. It does not have phyllodes at all. I am afraid I did not notice them. Back to the drawing board.
I suspect it will have to be Acacia sp. Or you could wait for the Wattle app to be released and try to ID from it, which should be very soon.
I suspect it will have to be Acacia sp. Or you could wait for the Wattle app to be released and try to ID from it, which should be very soon.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
17 Jul 2018
Mike you have posted this species previously - I think you have a few scattered seedlings
Mike
wrote:
17 Jul 2018
I am not sure, because this also has phyllodes 60-70mm long and 2-3mm wide (some terminated by a pair of bipinnate leaves. There is also A. terminalis nearby which is vaguely similar (but without phyllodes). Pinnule tips are more rounded than on the A. elata. The Lucid wattle key has bipinnate and phyllodes but not both.
Mike
wrote:
19 Jul 2018
I shouldn't be going on leaf shape with all the different A. buxifolia variants nearby, but I think this is A. terminalis. I can't find whether A. terminalis sometimes has phyllodes.
BettyDonWood
wrote:
19 Jul 2018
I have checked the info about Acacia elata, which never has phyllodes and has pointed leaflets. On blowing up your photo, I can see the beginnings of phyllodes at the bases of several of the leaves. I will try to find out what species other than rubida have true leaves and phyllodes.
Mike
wrote:
19 Jul 2018
I have added closeups of phyllode. Plant is small and growing in shade - I don't know how old it might be. There are no flower buds that I can see.
BettyDonWood
wrote:
28 Jul 2018
I suspect it is a hybrid. I have checked out all the wattles that are in my key to plants of SE NSW and with 18-22 leaflets per leaf. It did not fit any of them.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.121428-35.382453
- Altitude 750.3m
- Maps Isaacs Ridge and Nearby
- Places Jerrabomberra, ACT
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- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
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- Acacia sp. Scientific name
- A Wattle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Non-local native
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 1029.8m Recorded at altitude
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