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Acacia retinodes (Everblooming Acacia; water wattle; Swamp Wattle; Silver Wattle)

Synonyms: Acacia floribunda; Acacia fragrans; Acacia longissima; Acacia provincialis; Acacia retinodes floribunda; Acacia retinoide; Acacia retinoides; Acacia rhetinoides; Acacia rostellifera; Acacia semperflorens
Language: Russian

Infraspecies

Acacia retinodes var. retinodes (Silver Wattle)
Acacia retinodes var. uncifolia

Invasive Species

Water wattle (Acacia retinodes) is a small tree native to Australia. It is cultivated as an ornamental tree in warmer parts of the world. It is known to have naturalised in California where it has spread from its initial plantings.
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Attributes

Height [2]  19 feet (6 m)
Width [1]  23 feet (7.3 m)
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
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
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
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;
View Plants For A Future Record : Acacia retinodes

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Grampians National Park II 416373 Victoria, Australia

Predators

Jalmenus icilius (Icilius Blue)[4]
Nacaduba biocellata[4]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

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Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Distribution

Australia (native); Azores (introduced); Balearic Is (introduced); Cyprus (introduced); Ethiopia (introduced); France-F.E. (introduced); Great Britain (introduced); Gruzia (introduced); India (introduced); Indonesia-ISO (introduced); Italy-F.E. (introduced); Jawa (introduced); Mauritius (introduced); New Zealand(North) (introduced); New Zealand(South) (introduced); Portugal (introduced); Romania (introduced); Russia in Asia (introduced); South Africa (introduced); Spain-F.E. (introduced); Tasmania (native); Yugoslavia (uncertain);

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Rico M.L., 1994, ILDIS World Database of Legumes in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons License ♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 4Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Invasive Status provided by Global Invasive Species Database Downloaded on 10 May 2011.
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Images provided by Google Image Search
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway Ministry of Agriculture and Food - February 2013