Acacia ID please

[8145]

Hi fellow botanists . I went for a push bike ride around Tempe today and saw these puppies. I got no idea what they as I am just starting to ID cacti and got no clue at Acacias.

What do you guys reckon this specie is ?

Cheers,

[PositiveHAL]

I got no idea what they as I am just starting to ID cacti and got no clue at Acacias.

 

Man its one of the hardest of Genus.

You also need to include ALOT more information.

like:

flower,leaf (juvenile/adult), seed: type, size, arrangement, etc

growing location, soil type, climate, etc

was it cultivated, naturalised, or indidgenous?

this is just the very basics, it continues to narrow down from there, alot of acacia ID comes down to the little gland on the leaf margin.

perhaps include some decent closeup pics of the leaf etc.

From my time in Sydney, it does look reminicent of a few of the common coastal ones there

good luck

[8145]

Ok will go and pick up a couple of leaves and try to get a book to key it out!

Cheers.

[PositiveHAL]

there you go...

[PositiveHAL]

you can short cut alot of ID work if you can establish if its indigenous to Sydney (and not something growing in someones garden).

If thats the case then get yourself a decent flora of Sydney book from the library and try your luck that way.

there's only one thing harder then ID'in Acacia and thats grasses