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Two acacia IDs

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Hi,

I have a couple of plants I suspect may be acacias that I'm interested in getting an ID for.

They are in southern suburbs of Adelaide and would have been planted on purpose. Photos were taken with no flash on an overcast day. The coin in the pictures is an Australian $2 for size scale.

plant #1 - has narrower and shorter phyllodes than plant #2

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Plant #2

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Help IDing these would be appreciated. If they are species of interest I am more than happy to collect seeds from them to give to interested parties. :)

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could be A. subcaerulea. possibly

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Cheers paradox.

Do you think they're both the same species even though one has larger phyllodes? They are growing right next to each other but have quite noticeably different phyllodes when compared in person.

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It's quite difficult on the ground on a good day and even more difficult with photos grouped with limited diagnostic features, you'd benefit yourself to log as much info as possible and return for pod and seed observations. Talking to folks who planted it can also be beneficial. If it's council plantings it's possibly even easier to narrow things down.

First one may be A. ligulata/A bivenosa ssp wayi, or something around the A. bivenosa group

Second one may be A. hakeoides.

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