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Botany Acacia and Mimosa Identification Thread

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Does anyone have any idea what this species could be ?

At first sight it resembled a phleb, but it had a glaucous appearance when it was freshly picked. I don't want to post pictures of the tree because it's in someones front yard.
 

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Ok so had a wander around recently and found some interesting specimens, not a clue what they are my outdated book doesn't have anything similar..
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another..

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Finally this interesting looking tree an acacia baileyana purperea (purple)

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Thanks for your time :)
 
so the mystery acacia in my backyard has finally bloomed and I am still stumped as to what it may be! as you can see the flower rods are creamy white and very sparse. the phyllodes are quite tough and leathery and have no basal gland. bark is grey and smooth without lenticels. the phyllodes also have a lot of red colouring to them... DreamTripper I am not sure what the red is from - I've heard speculation that its an indicator of alkaloids though I'm not sure sure as there are plenty of inactive trees that have it too... i wonder whether it may also be something to do with the sun
 

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Awsome! This tree is incredibly widespread, and I've found a few downed trees that I'm pretty sure are the same tree. Can't let all that bark go to waste :)
 
..acacia dealbata can be distinguished by the white/silvery stems and slightly blue coloured foliage... pinnules are closer together and fairly small between 0.7-6mm in length..decurrens has longer pinnules than dealbata which range from around 5-15mm long and is a more green colour

below acacia dealbata followed by acacia decurrens:
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acacian said:
..acacia dealbata can be distinguished by the white/silvery stems and slightly blue coloured foliage... pinnules are closer together and fairly small between 0.7-6mm in length..decurrens has longer pinnules than dealbata which range from around 5-15mm long and is a more green colour

below acacia dealbata followed by acacia decurrens:
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Thank you very much!
 
DreamTripper - I'm not quite sure what your acacia in post 473 is.... it looks quite similar to acacia acinacea, though the phyllodes seem to angle differently. I'm pretty sure they sell those at the nursery I'm volunteering at so I will try and find out for you as soon as possible...

second photo is acacia verticillata
and third is acacia iteaphylla (flinders wattle)
 
..acacian's awesome!
as for your mystery backyard tree acacian..hmm..before simply declaring it another form of A. longifolia (which flowering time and appearance suggest) i'll ponder more..phyllodes do look small...is indeed interesting..



Hieronymous said:
Does anyone have any idea what this species could be ?

At first sight it resembled a phleb, but it had a glaucous appearance when it was freshly picked. I don't want to post pictures of the tree because it's in someones front yard.
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..what area of the continent is this would help...superficially resembles A. auriculiformis..but pods more helpful..there are very rare species it resembles, but area a key for this..
 
Thanks nen

It is within 20 km of the ocean and it's in the mid north coast region NSW. The tree has been planted there in the last year or so (give or take) as google maps hasn't picked it up yet. I think it must have been an established tree just past the sapling stage when it was planted there.

I have a picture of the tree if that would help. I won't post it here though. To my untrained eye it doesn't look much like an auriculiformis. It has a very upright growth habit and the phyllodes don't have that weeping look like the pics I've seen of auriculiformis.

I really don't want to give away too many details as to where it is in case some rogue decides to attack it one night. I'm just interested in collecting some seeds from it when they are mature.
 
acacian said:
^ .. you could try just taking pictures of the branches facing upward with the sky in the background? makes for an aesthetic photo too :)
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I'll send you a pic by PM

Edit: I would if I could work out how to upload a pic from my PC.
 
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