Family | Mimosaceae |
Description | Small to medium tree often with irregular branching habit and weeping branches. Long-lived. |
Flowering time | late summer-winter |
Distribution & botanical details | click here |
Vegetation communities | Grassy woodlands, riparian zones and floodplains |
Soil types | Generally on soils of medium texture and fertility. |
Values/uses | |
-revegetation/habitat values | Important species for soil stabilisation in riparian environments. Suckers freely. |
-amenity/ornamental values | Individual specimens are highly variable but the best forms are extremely attractive. |
-other values | Nitrogen fixer. Foliage and pods eaten by stock. Attractive timber for craft uses. |
Tolerances | |
-water deficit | average to high |
-compaction | average |
-waterlogging | high |
-shade | low |
-minimum temperature | -5 degrees |
Seed and germination details | |
-avge no. seeds per gram | 15 |
-viability period | long |
-dormancy | physical |
-treatment | boiling water or scarification |
-days from first to last germination at 25 degrees | 4-30 |
-direct seeding | easy |
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