Family | Mimosaceae |
Description | Fast growing, short-lived medium upright shrub |
Flowering time | early Winter |
Distribution & botanical details | click here |
Vegetation communities | Sclerophyll communities, mostly in coastal areas but extending to the tablelands also. |
Soil types | Generally on heavier soils. |
Values/uses | |
-revegetation/habitat values | Very fast coloniser and therefore useful for direct seeding. Widely used in mining and roadside revegetation projects. |
-amenity/ornamental values | Useful for its off-season flowering but not a particularly attractive species. |
-other values | Nitrogen fixer. Cover crop for frost sensitive species. |
Tolerances | |
-water deficit | high |
-compaction | average |
-waterlogging | low |
-shade | low |
-minimum temperature | -5 degrees |
Seed and germination details | |
-avge no. seeds per gram | 50 |
-viability period | long |
-dormancy | physical |
-treatment | boiling water or scarification |
-days from first to last germination at 25 degrees | 6-20 |
-direct seeding | easy |
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