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Acacia maidenii ID

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Went for a walk and spotted to what i think.... to be Acacia maidenii?

This is my very 1st ID, but it seems to match... The prominent lenticels, the twisty pods. The only thing is the Phyllodes seem to wide?

Thanks J.

also no cutting will be involved, there was some strong winds a couple of weeks ago and there is an abundance of broken branches on the ground.

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possibly maidenii IMO

it's a little hard to tell. what sort of environment was it growing in?

approximately how old is it?

in that close up photo of the branch/trunk, is it a branch? or is it the main trunk?

it's possible it is Acacia implexa IMO, it's hard to tell from your pics.

is there any older plants there (trunks greater than 10cm diameter) if so get a close up pic of the bark on the trunk, which will make it much easier to tell if it is maidenii or implexa

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I think Paradox is correct, looks like Acacia implexa to me too.

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Good work Serpent, your specimen is indeed A. maidenii. There are only two other plants i'm aware of that may be mistaken for your specimen based on your photos. One is A. spirorbis subsp. solandri, occuring in NQLD, very similar in appearance but differing in a few details such as having dark coloured pulvini. The other is a plant of unknown status occurring west of Lismore, NNSW. It has somewhat elliptic phyllodes with an obtuse apex (from memory) and a later flowering period , it is otherwise almost identical to A. maidenii, particularly in relation to its pods, lenticels, and cylindrical inflorescences. Was your plant cultivated or wild, and in what region was it found?

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Not a Maidenii! The phyllodes are far too wide and short!...even taking into account natural diversity.

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to me it looks most definitely like maidenii, but then again it could well be implexa

take a close watch on flowering times to help identify the tree further

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