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Common Names | Deane's Wattle, Green Wattle. |
Family | Mimosaceae - Mimosa family. |
Name Origin | deanei - after H. Deane, Gilgandra railway engineer who collected the first specimen |
Location | Roadside stop, beside water tank on Mount Beauty- Falls Creek Road Vic. | ||
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Notes | Zone: 55 Easting: 479414 Northing: 5987321 | ||
Collector | Lunt, Ian & Kent, Kylie | Date | 24/11/1999 |
Determined By | Earl, Gill | Date | 09/03/2000 |
Regional: | Either one or both of the two subspecies were noted in the areas: Urana-Rand-Corowa; Long Plain-West Hume; Majors Creek; Deadmans-Bungowannah; Yambla; Upper Back-Upper Jerra Jerra; Mountain Tunnel; Coppabella; Narandera-Morundah-Galore-Collingullie; The Rock-Henty-Milbrulong; Boree; Brookong; Lower Sandy; Upper Sandy; Buckargingah; Wagga City; Mates Gully; and Eringowarrah-Deltroit-Hillas-Jellingro & Oaky. |
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Australia: | Qld, NSW, Vic. |
Habitat: | Various sclerophyll communities on a range of soils. |
Habit: | Erect shrub or small tree, mostly 2-7 m high. Smooth grey-brown bark and green or green-yellow feathery foliage. Often in thickets. |
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Site Preference: | |
Characteristics: | |
Flowering: | Golden-yellow or more or less white, any time. |
Seed Collection: | From scarified seed. |
Propagation: | From seed. Seeds freely and regenerates strongly in disturbed sites. Readily established when direct seeded. |
Regeneration: | |
Timber: | |
Shade and Shelter: | Excellent low-level cover in windbreaks. |
Land Protection: | Particularly valuable for controlling erosion due to soil-binding fibrous roots. Legume - improves soil fertility by 'fixing' nitrogen. |
Wildlife: | Excellent habitat. |
Ornamental: | |
Other: | Poisonous to sheep and cattle if heavily grazed. |
Note: The following information presented is only a guide, as plant characteristics vary depending on provenance (the plant's locality).
Site/Preferred Habitat : | well-drained soil |
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Rainfall(mm) : | 550 |
Growth Rate : | fast |
Tolerates : | frost; drought |
Resents : | poor drainage |
Uses & Comments : | windbreak; fixes nitrogen; erosion control; wildlife; ornamental. Poisonous if heavily grazed |