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Acacia ID - south coast nsw

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Hello fellow SABers,

On my recent expeditions around the local area I have spotted manyyyy beautiful wattles in full bloom.
I am hoping someone could please help me ID these stunning tree's. If you click on the pictures and view in maximum size they are massive and detailed.
Could be  longfolia or sophorae or something else again? acuminata isn't on the east coast is it?:

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I took those round ball/seed pod looking things home, cut them open and they had a cavity inside, but no seed? hmmm?

Location: Coastal NSW, about 4 hours south of Sydney
Flowering: In full bloom now (July, Winter).

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Longifolia.

Sophorae has much broader phyllodes which are rounded at the tip. Sophorae is usually found on sand dunes behind and on beaches down your way. 

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Here's a bag of longy pods.

 

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Definitely not floribunda, they have pale cream coloured flower rods and more needle like phyllodes.

Obtusifolia start flowering around November and also have much paler flowers. Obtusifolia also usually have crusty rubric resin around the margins of the phyllodes. When you run your fingers around them they feel rough. Longifolia feel smooth.

Obtusifolia below...

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"Galls are abnormal plant growths caused by various organisms (insects, mites, nematodes, fungi, bacteria, and viruses)."
Cheers Cumbrella, yeah I was under the impression that the seed pods may of been long and bean like, so these balls confused me... Even more so after I found that they were empty too...

p.s. You've got a rotten name mate... i love it.

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So the pix you think are longifolia Glaukus?
I'm going to check the leaf litter for pods in the future, I'll google what a longifolia pod should look like. You wouldn't happen to have any references would you?

I know those broard phyllode acacias down the beach. I have one that naturally popped up in the yard... I'll get a pic of it later on. You legend, thx man.  :)

So Longifolia aye, would others agree with Glaukus ID?

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There's not much to choose between A. floribunda, A. longifolia ssp longifolia and A. obtusifolia

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Oh is that it on the east coast, just those three mainly? cheers cristop.

Would you say the pix are likely longifolia then?

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Appreciate the brilliant information Glaukus. Cheers mang!

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