Family | Mimosaceae |
Description | Small-medium tree with weeping branches and an even, rounded crown. Very long lived. |
Flowering time | Summer-autumn |
Distribution & botanical details | click here |
Vegetation communities | Often occurs as the dominant species in riverine floodplain woodlands, hence the term "myall woodland". |
Soil types | Generally on heavy soils. |
Values/uses | |
-revegetation/habitat values | Vast areas of this vegetation type have been cleared for cropping and grazing. Now a priority species for ecological restoration across its range. Natural understorey dominated by chenopods but these have been grazed out of many remnant patches. |
-amenity/ornamental values | A supremely elegant tree. Should be grown far more widely. |
-other values | Nitrogen fixer. Excellent fodder. Craft and fuel timber. |
Tolerances | |
-water deficit | high |
-compaction | average |
-waterlogging | average |
-shade | low |
-minimum temperature | -5 degrees |
Seed and germination details | |
-avge no. seeds per gram | 25 |
-viability period | long |
-dormancy | none |
-treatment | none required |
-days from first to last germination at 25 degrees | 5-21 |
-direct seeding | easy |
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