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Prain's Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - prainii

Erect, bushy shrub or tree, 1-3m high, although sometimes reaching 5m. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. Red sand, loam, stony soils.

Flowering From: N/A

Waddywood

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - peuce

Acacia peuce is only found in 3 locations, all within the arid zone of the Simpson and Strzelecki desert. Mature trees slowly reach a height of about 10-15m. They have long narrow,

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Waddy Wood

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - peuce

To 10m high with wispy to dense pendulous branches resembling casuarinas. Young trees have stiff foliage with sharp points, probably as a defence against browsers.

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Summer-scented Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - rostellifera

Dense shrub or tree, 1-6 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct or Dec. Mainly on consolidated sand dunes.

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Spiny Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - spinescens

Much-branched, erect shrub mostly 0.5–1 m high. Branchlets rigid, terete, striated by rather prominent yellow ribs, green, grey-green or subglaucous between ribs, glabrous, spinose.

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Rigid Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - cochlearis

Bushy, erect to sprawling, pungent shrub, (0.3-)0.5-3 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. White, yellow or red sand. Coastal or near coastal sandplains & sand dunes.

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Red Mulga, Creekline Miniritchi

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - cyperophylla

Outback travellers will notice these small trees by the red bark glowing in the sun. Growing along creek and drainage lines is this tall shrub or small tree (up to 7 or 8m tall) of arid areas.

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Prickly Moses

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - pulchella

Shrub, 0.3-3 m high. Fl. yellow, May to Dec. Sandy soils, clay loam over laterite. Low-lying areas, swamps, near watercourses.

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Orange Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - saligna

Dense, often weeping shrub or tree, 1.5-6(-9) m high. Long green phyllodes. Fl. yellow, Jul to Nov. Variety of habitats.

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Golden Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - pycnantha

Shrub or small open tree 3m to 8m high. Flowers in spring with large round flower heads on thick stems, flower heads in showy groups (racemes) 15cm long. Pods are flat and almost straight 10cm x 5mm.

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Winged Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - alata

Shrub, 0.3-2.1 m high. Fl. white-cream/yellow/pink, Apr to Dec. Variety of soils. Near water, rocky hills, breakaways, salt pans, clay flats.

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Coastal Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - cyclops

Dense shrub or tree (rarely), 0.8-4(-7) m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Dec or Jan to May. White/grey sand. Coastal sand dunes & limestone.

Flowering From: N/A

Dogwood- possibly?

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - unknown

Attractive weeping habit, to 6 m high. Leaves very similar to Acacia stenophylla but tree form not at all similar, or along drainage lines. Flower colour not observed.

Flowering From: N/A

Gidgee or Stinking Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - cambagei

A very slow growing gnarled small tree of desert areas growing to about 8m. Heartwood is heavy, dark red and durable though will be attacked by termites. Phyllodes are grey-green 6-8cm long.

Flowering From: N/A

River Cooba

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - stenophylla

Erect or spreading tree 4–13 m high, often suckers; bark fissured, dark grey-brown; branchlets angled or flattened towards apices, glabrous or sometimes finely hairy, often ± pruinose.

Flowering From: March

Bancroft Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - bancroftii

Strangely shaped large phyllodes up to about 20cm long are a distinctive feature of this wattle from SE Qld. Each phyllode is a stem modified to carry out photosynthesis ,

Flowering From: May

Dead Finish

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - tetragonophylla

So tough that when everything else is "dead and finished" this acacia will still be hanging in there. Widespread in arid inland areas. A prickly shrub with a straggling, spreading habit.

Flowering From: May

Acacia erinacea

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - erinacea

Rigid, prickly, intricate, often prostrate, spreading shrub, 0.1-1.5 m high. Flowers yellow, Jun to Nov. Variety of soils, frequently on clay.

Flowering From: June

Umbrella Bush, Sandhill Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - ligulata

Acacia ligulata is widespread across most parts of arid and semi-arid Australia. A smallish rounded shrub about 1 to 3 meters high, leaves are slender about 1 cm wide and 10 cm long,

Flowering From: July

Christmas Tree Mulga

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - aneura var.conifera

Trees to 6-8 m tall, with a single, straight, erect trunk and relatively short, horizontally spreading lateral branches from base to apex (rendering the plants a conifer-like habit).

Flowering From: July

Acacia acuminata

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - acuminata

Shrub or tree, 1-12 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. Variety of soils & habitats.

Flowering From: July

Pindan Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - tumida

Slender, small tree about 5m tall. Large sickle shaped phyllodes 16cm long and 5cm wide with numerous longitudinal nerves. Phyllodes taper to a long curved tip. Flowers are bright yellow,

Flowering From: July