Acacia Dealbata

Price:

$110.00 (including GST)

Common Name:

SILVER WATTLE

PLEASE NOTE: Orders are by full tray only. Each tray contains 40 plants. When ordering, please choose how many trays you would like.

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

Shrub or tree growing 2–15 m or more, with an erect main stem, hairy branchlets and silvery grey-green foliage.
Bark smooth and light coloured on young growth, becoming thicker, dark and moderately fissured on older trees.
Leaves feather-like, with a distinct nectar secreting gland where each paired set of leaflets joins the main leaf stalk; leaflets 2–5 mm long, 0.4–0.7 mm wide.
Bright yellow ball flowers, July to November.
Seed pods straight, 5–8 cm long, 8–12 mm wide, light purplish brown.

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

Grows on a variety of soil types, including granite and sandstone, and on clays if adequately drained.
Occurs as a spindly shrub on drier sites, or as a tall tree in cooler, wetter forests.
Often found along stream banks.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

Fast-growing; useful for stream bank stabilisation, gully erosion control and for medium-level cover in windbreaks.
Coppices after cutting or burning; suckers readily; improves soil fertility by ’fixing‘ nitrogen; palatable to stock.
Excellent wildlife habitat, attracting seed and insect-eating birds; gum is favoured food of sugar and squirrel gliders.
Timber is light brown to pinkish, used for sawn timber, pulp, posts/poles and firewood.

SIMILAR PLANTS:

Acacia Leucoclada - Northern Silver Wattle - is usually found on drier sites, and has extra glands along the leaf stalk.

Image Source: Flower - Eugene Zelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Image Source: Plant - Hadobas, P. via Australian National Botanic Gardens

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