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Acacia Species Chart

- chosen for their multiple uses in Permaculture Design (key at bottom)
For more information - see 'Adaptable Acacias'

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          

 

KEY
1 Fair
2 Good
3 Excellent
fro frost
dro drought
sen sensitive

 

 
     
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