Plants → Magnoliophyta → Magnoliopsida → Fabales → Fabaceae Lindl. → Acacia Mill. → Acacia elata Benth.
Spreading tree, 5-30 m high, leaves dark green, bipinnate; heads 33-50-flowered, in racemes; pods almost straight, 9-15 mm wide. Fl. cream-yellow, Jan to May. Lateritic loam. Jarrah woodland.
Beard’s Provinces: South-West Province.
IBRA Regions: Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IBRA Subregions: Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Armadale, Collie, Manjimup.
General Biology. Growth form. Tree. Reproduction. Seed. Dispersal. Water, ants, birds, wind, garden refuse, soil movement. Vegetative regeneration strategy. Occasionally resprouts. Does not produce root suckers. Seedbank persistence. Long, 5+ years. Fire response. Mass germination of soil stored seed. Occasionally resprouts from base following fire.
Additional information. Origin. Eastern Australia. History of use/introduction. Garden escape, windbreak plantings.
Suggested method of management and control. Hand pull seedlings. Fell mature plants. Resprouting has been recorded in some areas. Apply 250 ml Access® in 15 L of diesel to basal 50 cm of trunk (basal bark) or cut and paint with 50% glyphosate or; drill and fill. Older plants can be ringbarked. Read the manufacturers' labels and material safety data sheets before using herbicides. For further information consult the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority to determine the status of permits for your situation or state.
Calendar Type | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Comments |
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Flowering | Y | Y | Y | O | O | O | Y | ||||||
Fruiting | O | Y | Y | Y | O | O | |||||||
Optimum Treatment | Y | O | O | O | Y | Y |
Legend: Y = Yes, regularly, O = Occasionally, U = Uncertain, referred by others but not confirmed.
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