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Acacia dealbata (silver wattle; Mimosa; Aromo; Wattle Bark; Sydney Black Wattle; Aromo Del Pais; Acacia Francesa; Acacia Bernier)

Synonyms: Acacia decurrens var. dealbata (homotypic); Acacia puberula; Mimosa dealbata (homotypic); Racosperma dealbatum (homotypic)
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Wikipedia Abstract

Acacia dealbata (known as silver wattle, blue wattle or mimosa) is a species of Acacia, native to southeastern Australia in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory and widely introduced in Mediterranean, warm temperate, and highland tropical landscapes.
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Infraspecies

Acacia dealbata dealbata
Acacia dealbata subalpina

Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  Medium
Allergen Potential [1]  High
Carbon Capture [1]  Low
Shade Percentage [1]  80 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Low
Wind Reduction [1]  High
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Janka Hardness [3]  1150 lbf (522 kgf) Soft
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [4]  Perennial
Scent [2]  The violet-like perfume can be quite intoxicating on a calm day when there are plenty of flowers in bloom.
Specific Gravity [5]  0.587
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  A yellow dye is obtained from the flowers; A green dye is obtained from the seed pods; The extensive root system of this plant helps to prevent soil erosion; Tannin is obtained from the bark; On a 10% moisture basis, the bark contains 19.1% tannin;
Height [2]  82 feet (25 m)
Width [2]  26 feet (8 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Water Use [1]  Low
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Grampians National Park II 416373 Victoria, Australia
Mt. Field National Park II 39289 Tasmania, Australia
Norfolk Island National Park II 1723 Australian external territories, Australia  
Reserva de la Biosfera de Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve V 1777 Spain  

Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 4USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
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♦ 8Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 9Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 10New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 11del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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♦ 13Species Profile and Threats Database, Australian Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
♦ 14Proyecto Tití
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