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Acacia cana (Cabbage-tree Wattle; Broad-leaved Nealie)

Synonyms: Acacia eremea; Racosperma canum (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Acacia cana, or commonly named as boree or the cabbage-tree wattle or broad-leaved nealie, is part of the family Fabaceae and sub-family Mimosoideae. It is a dense shrub- tree that can grow to 6 metres high and is a perennial plant meaning it has long life span and doesn’t necessary produce a high amount of seed. The cabbage-tree wattle heavily flowers from August till October and relies on animals and insects for pollination and dispersal of seeds. This least concern acacia species is found in the western plains of New South Wales and Central Queensland the habitats of these areas are found to be sandy soils and gibber plains ( Desert pavement).
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Structure [2]  Shrub

Predators

Akainothrips citritarsus[3]
Akainothrips polysetulus[3]
Kladothrips rugosus[3]
Kladothrips waterhousei[3]
Paracholeothrips clavisetae[3]

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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
3Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0