| Species |
Climate |
Height m |
Tolerance |
Pests & Diseases |
Firewood |
Fire-retardant |
Fodder |
Edible |
Wind Break |
Timber |
Dye & Tannins |
Coppicing & Suckering |
Misc. |
A. acuminata
raspberry jam wattle |
arid |
3-5 |
fr. salt
dro. lime |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
durable, craft, termite proof |
|
|
Erosion control,
fast grower |
A. anuera
mulga |
arid |
7 |
fro.
dro. tol |
|
|
|
3 |
pods, flour from seeds |
3 |
craft, tools, fencing |
dye - twig & leaves |
|
long-lived |
A. baileyana
cootamundra wattle |
temp-subtropic |
10 |
fro.
dro. tol |
|
|
3 |
|
|
3 |
1 |
dye |
|
long-lived |
A. dealbata
silver wattle |
subtroic-tropic |
8 |
fro. tol
dro. sen. |
|
charcoal
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
3 |
dye-leaves |
suckers |
green manure |
A. decurens
black or green wattle
|
temp-tropic |
6-12 |
fro. tol |
defoliators
rust, borer |
3
charcoal |
1 |
|
|
3 |
pulp |
dye-leaf tannin |
coppices
suckers |
shllow root
v. fast grower |
A. elata
cedar wattle |
subtropic |
30 |
dro. fro. sen
clay tol
|
|
|
|
|
|
shade only |
|
dye-leaves |
|
fast growing
long-lived |
A. farnesiana
mimosa bush |
arid 1-7 |
fr. sen |
|
|
|
3 |
sheep (pods) |
pods roasted |
nest, birds |
heavy |
|
|
perfume 'Oil of Cassie' |
A. filicifolia
fern-leaf wattle |
temp |
13 |
dro. sen
fr. sen |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
tannin |
coppices, suckers |
|
A. hakeoides
hakea leaf wattle |
temp |
1-4 |
dro. tol, med fr., salt tol |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
suckers |
|
A. implexa
hickory wattle |
temp-tropic |
8 |
dro. tol
fro. tol |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
hard, sim to A. mel |
dye-leaves |
|
fast grower
bark medicinal |
A. mearnsii
black or tan wattle |
temp |
6-16 |
dro. tol
med. fro. tol |
defoliator |
charcoal
3 |
3 |
|
|
|
pulp |
dye - all parts |
coppices poorly |
green manure
v. fast grower |
A. melanoxylon
sally wattle, blackwood |
temp-subtrop |
30 |
fro. tol
dro. sen |
|
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
3
craft veneer
v. hard |
dye-leaves |
sckers |
fish poison |
A. microbotrya
manna wattle |
arid |
2-6 |
dro. tol
lime tol
|
|
|
|
stock |
|
3 |
|
|
|
fast grower
honey source |
A. pendula
myal wattle |
arid |
6-12 |
dro. clay tol
fro. salt tol |
bay shelter moth |
2 |
|
stock |
add ash to flour |
3 |
fencing
craft, hard |
|
|
|
A. penninervis
hickory wattle |
temp-subtropic |
5 |
fro. dro
snow tol |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
pulp 3
hardwood |
dye-bark, leaf |
|
fish poison |
A. pycnantha
golden wattle |
temp-subtropic |
8 |
dro, salt tol
fr. sen |
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
dye-leaf
tannin |
|
v. fast grower
short lived |
A. salicina
cooba, native wattle |
arid
subtropic |
15 |
dro. fro. salt
clay tol |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
hard 3 |
|
suckers |
fish poison - bark |
A. saligna
golden wreath wattle |
arid subtropic |
8 |
salt clay dro
acid, swamp |
browsing animals |
1 |
1 |
sheep goats |
|
|
|
dye, leaf, gum |
coppices well |
potential weed |
A. sophorae
coastal wattle |
sub trop |
5 |
salt dro. fro.
lime tol |
|
|
3 |
|
seed (pods) |
coast
3 |
|
|
|
dune stabilisation |
A. oswaldii
umbrella wattle |
temp |
6 |
dro. tol
fro. sen |
|
|
|
3 |
seed-raw |
|
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