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Botany Acacia and Mimosa Identification Thread
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Growing logs with advice and results.
DreaMTripper
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Acacia longifolia, typical phyllodes and rods , that are very evenly and uniformly spread on the branch.
EvilSparx
Rising Star
Recently came back to Australia after a long holiday, so I went out today and found some Acaias in Sydney. Looks mainly like Longolia, but I could be mistaken. There we ones with lighter coloured leaves and some with darker green.
The last one I believe to be Floribunda, as the leaves thinner and shorter and the flowers are cream like.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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The last one I believe to be Floribunda, as the leaves thinner and shorter and the flowers are cream like.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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DreaMTripper
Rising Star
Number 2 looks like a.sophorae , they all look like a variation of a.longifolia but there are many that look similar. Where are the glands? Longifolia will be seeding soon so that will reveal much more.
Earthwalker
Rising Star
Haha in the 3rd pic it appears to be a local train station , you say in Melbourne but cannot tell which species or subspecies the line is on !! Hehehe 
I still find acacia retinodes and acacia saligna very difficult to distinguish from each other but its one of the two shpinx96
Acaciasubliminata
Rising Star
Hi guys, found this little patch of Obtusa's in a forrest, with lots of other Acacias around, but this viney thing was only growing on the Obtusifolias from what I could see.. Anyone seen this before or able to identify the vine? Could they be friends?
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--Shadow
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Nice find there.
It's hard to see the vine very clearly. It doesn't look like an Marsdenia rostrata, I don't see any leaves or flowers on the vine..
I'm not sure how the vine would benefit acacias. If the vine is draining energy from the acacia at all, it may affect DMT levels either positively or negatively. Would be interesting to know difference, though it would be hard to nail variance down to a vine in either case..
It's hard to see the vine very clearly. It doesn't look like an Marsdenia rostrata, I don't see any leaves or flowers on the vine..
I'm not sure how the vine would benefit acacias. If the vine is draining energy from the acacia at all, it may affect DMT levels either positively or negatively. Would be interesting to know difference, though it would be hard to nail variance down to a vine in either case..
--Shadow
Rising Star
Acaciasubliminata
Rising Star
Thankyou Shadow, sorry for the terrible pic.. I couldn't see leaves or flowers on it anywhere either.. just these little star shaped pods. I wish the lack of flowers hid the acacias more for me... I think it just makes me a less safer driver trying to spot pods from the road now too!
..i had started to get an uncomfortable feeling about some of the recent requests to ID obtusifolia..these were confirmed when a few days ago i saw the worst case of destruction of this species in a nature reserve/national park i have ever witnessed..in it's native environment it is neither common enough or fast enough growing to withstand this assult..in a pristine environment every single large tree, around 50 of them, (based on growth rates, at least 30-40 years old, some more) had been completely stripped, ringbarked, left to die with phyllodes still there...the waste, ignorance, greed and disregard for the future of the trees or environment were stunning..all mature trees left dead or dying, where are the seeds going to come from?
i will be going into this more in the acacia info thread soon..
in the meantime, i'd like the various new members who made obtusifolia ID requests to post their perspectives on ethics, sustainability and environment..
someone out there knows who did this..
they have killed the hand that feeds them..and seriously affected an ecosystem which needs these trees..
this post doesn't really convey the sadness and shock i am currently experiencing..
and i am very concerned at the unintended harm a thread like this may be having on wild environments..
obtusifolia is in trouble...for it's own future generations, and for those who would like it to keep growing in undamaged native environments in new south wales..
this happened sometime in the past few weeks..
seeing it was one of the saddest days in my life..
i will be going into this more in the acacia info thread soon..
in the meantime, i'd like the various new members who made obtusifolia ID requests to post their perspectives on ethics, sustainability and environment..
someone out there knows who did this..
they have killed the hand that feeds them..and seriously affected an ecosystem which needs these trees..
this post doesn't really convey the sadness and shock i am currently experiencing..
and i am very concerned at the unintended harm a thread like this may be having on wild environments..
obtusifolia is in trouble...for it's own future generations, and for those who would like it to keep growing in undamaged native environments in new south wales..
this happened sometime in the past few weeks..
seeing it was one of the saddest days in my life..
Gowpen
If you don't make mistakes, you are doing it wro
Hello Nen, long time no see, I'v been very busy elsewhere, long story/travels. Great to be back.
Could it be that 'Trout' imagined this comming. I might just keep my knowledge to myself until someone asks the right questions.
Knowledge is having the right answers, intellegence is asking the right questions.
Gowpen
Could it be that 'Trout' imagined this comming. I might just keep my knowledge to myself until someone asks the right questions.
Knowledge is having the right answers, intellegence is asking the right questions.
Gowpen
..Hello there Gowpen..it would be great to connect again..seems you've become quite a seer in your spare time
the last time i saw those trees, as i left, i saw them 'shiver'..
'someone bad may come here'..i heard a collective whisper..
they were so beautiful..
'tell people'...'grow us'...'look after our younglings'..
hard to believe in the moment as it unfolds..but unfold further, and beyond this, it will..
may the force be with you Gowpen..
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ps. i would like to keep enjoying seeing more of the fascinating 1200 species of acacia in this thread, for our collective appreciation..keep it up tree-lovers..
the last post was a wake-up call..
the last time i saw those trees, as i left, i saw them 'shiver'..
'someone bad may come here'..i heard a collective whisper..
they were so beautiful..
'tell people'...'grow us'...'look after our younglings'..
hard to believe in the moment as it unfolds..but unfold further, and beyond this, it will..
may the force be with you Gowpen..
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ps. i would like to keep enjoying seeing more of the fascinating 1200 species of acacia in this thread, for our collective appreciation..keep it up tree-lovers..
the last post was a wake-up call..
The Runner
Rising Star
--Shadow
Rising Star
Hey The Runner,
Not too sure about the first one, was it flowering and seeding at the same time?
The second pic is definitely not an acacia. I know this thread is getting huge, you may have missed it, but check out my earlier post #743, or #693, you can see clearly that the flowers are not of an acacia
Not too sure about the first one, was it flowering and seeding at the same time?
The second pic is definitely not an acacia. I know this thread is getting huge, you may have missed it, but check out my earlier post #743, or #693, you can see clearly that the flowers are not of an acacia
The Runner
Rising Star
Thanks Shadow , im checking it right now
and yes it is flowering and seeding at the same time
and yes it is flowering and seeding at the same time
SweetDreams
Rising Star
I've recently been on requesting ID's, learning and educating myself on our bush medicines.
I can't understand how someone can attain the knowledge needed to ID these plants and then go and commit murder on the very things the spend time learning about.. These people must be evil. Criminal orgs no doubt. Probably of the bi wheel variety is my guess.
I for one, will open a huge can of karmic whoop ass on person I find doing this type of damage. The Bush Avenger !!
I love the tree's and this outrages me.
Nen, what's your view on planting Obs in national parks?
Buy Floribunda people.
Its awesome for everything from Aya to free base ,even smoking the phyllodes on there own is very pleasant.
Overgrow the world!
..thank you for your post SweetDreams..appreciated..
i would warn Nexians to be very careful who they share information about locations of trees with..
i think karma will get the person/people..and they'd better beware of the 'bush avenger (s) '!
..as for planting in National Parks, regen may be needed, but care would have to be taken to be very location specific in seed source..this is why the loss of large mother seed trees is very harmful..
in the case of 'ob' there a number of different sub-varieties, in different localities, some more rare than others..they also have slightly different chemistry and secondary compounds..so the species in the west is different to coast, the north or the south..they have different habitats..such diversity within a species needs careful preservation..
..good that you mention A. floribunda, and it's usefulness..
also, it is one of the faster growing acacias..
i would warn Nexians to be very careful who they share information about locations of trees with..
i think karma will get the person/people..and they'd better beware of the 'bush avenger (s) '!
..as for planting in National Parks, regen may be needed, but care would have to be taken to be very location specific in seed source..this is why the loss of large mother seed trees is very harmful..
in the case of 'ob' there a number of different sub-varieties, in different localities, some more rare than others..they also have slightly different chemistry and secondary compounds..so the species in the west is different to coast, the north or the south..they have different habitats..such diversity within a species needs careful preservation..
..good that you mention A. floribunda, and it's usefulness..
also, it is one of the faster growing acacias..