One skill I wish to work on is my ability to identify acacias and so I thought I would take a very breif walk through the bush on the way to a friends house and see if I could ID any of the acacias I found. This is my first ever time at IDing so I could be right off. Most the ones I photographed were ones I thought were active. I am not interested in extracting any of the alkoloids this is purely for ID, plus all the specimens I found were too small to take enough to extract from imo anyway.
I thought this one was acacia floribunda due to the elongated leaves and the 3 veins in the leaves. The last two photos are a close up of a small branch I snapped off. This tree was not flowering as is expected with Floribunda this time of year.
At first I thought this was Longifolia but I am not so sure after thinking about it. This one is about to flower. One thing that makes me not sure is it looks like it will flower in a ball shape rather than the rod shape which I don't believe Longifolia do.
It was the redish colour in the stem which made me think obtusifolia because I have seen an obtusifolia before and it had the same red. Not sure if the red was on the leaves or the stem though.
I thought perhaps Floribunda but now that I look at the photos and noticed the circlular flowers starting which is not consistent with what I know about Floribunda so now I'm not sure.
I had fun looking around in my 15 minute walk in the bush, something I plan on doing more often for longer.
One skill I wish to work on is my ability to identify acacias and so I thought I would take a very breif walk through the bush on the way to a friends house and see if I could ID any of the acacias I found. This is my first ever time at IDing so I could be right off. Most the ones I photographed were ones I thought were active. I am not interested in extracting any of the alkoloids this is purely for ID, plus all the specimens I found were too small to take enough to extract from imo anyway.
Specimen 1 - Acacia Floribunda?
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/8431/acacia11.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/8236/acacia12.jpg
I thought this one was acacia floribunda due to the elongated leaves and the 3 veins in the leaves. The last two photos are a close up of a small branch I snapped off. This tree was not flowering as is expected with Floribunda this time of year.
Specimen 2 - Acacia ?
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/6084/acacia21.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/2554/acacia24.jpg
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/3525/acacia23.jpg
At first I thought this was Longifolia but I am not so sure after thinking about it. This one is about to flower. One thing that makes me not sure is it looks like it will flower in a ball shape rather than the rod shape which I don't believe Longifolia do.
Specimen 3 - Acacia Longifolia?
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1857/acacia31.jpg
http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/1117/acacia32.jpg
This one I believe maybe longifolia, it has the rod flowering shape (atleast I think it does, remember I am completely new to this).
Specimen 4 - Acacia ?
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1444/acacia41.jpg
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/6929/acacia42.jpg
I believe this is the same acacia as 2 - same flower shape, same phyllode colour and shape.
Specimen 5 - Acacia Floribunda?
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/9300/acacia51.jpg
http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/383/acacia52.jpg
Has 3 main veins and the phyllodes are fairly elongated and not flowering. The phyllodes are a little obtuse so it could be obtusifolia too?
Specimen 6 - Acacia Obtusifolia?
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3944/acacia61.jpg
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7059/acacia62.jpg
It was the redish colour in the stem which made me think obtusifolia because I have seen an obtusifolia before and it had the same red. Not sure if the red was on the leaves or the stem though.
Specimen 7 - Acacia ?
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7215/acacia71.jpg
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/3016/acacia72.jpg
I thought perhaps Floribunda but now that I look at the photos and noticed the circlular flowers starting which is not consistent with what I know about Floribunda so now I'm not sure.
I had fun looking around in my 15 minute walk in the bush, something I plan on doing more often for longer.
Peace.
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