| Regional: |
Urana-Rand-Corowa region. |
| Australia: |
Qld, NSW, Vic, SA, WA, NT. |
| Habitat: |
Heavy clay soils adjacent to watercourses or margins of swamps or depressions. |
| Habit: |
Erect or spreading tree 4-10 m high. Fissured, dark grey-brown bark and angled or flattened branchlets. Open crown of long thin drooping 'leaves'. |
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| Site Preference: |
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| Characteristics: |
Hardy. Long-lived. Highly salt tolerant. |
| Flowering: |
Creamy yellow, Mar-Jul. Also sporadic. |
| Seed Collection: |
Oct-Dec. prolific woody pods. |
| Propagation: |
From scarified seed, cuttings or transplanting suckers. |
| Regeneration: |
Seeds spread during flood and can germinate and persist above normal river heights. Suckers freely. |
| Timber: |
Timber beautiful, high quality, very hard and close-grained. Takes fine polish and useful for furniture. |
| Shade and Shelter: |
Good low to medium level cover in windbreaks. |
| Land Protection: |
Useful for stabilising soil, where its suckering is an advantage. Legume improves soil fertility through 'fixing' nitrogen. |
| Wildlife: |
Useful habitat. Native birds and insects eat seed appendages. |
| Ornamental: |
Some trees ornamental for gardens and parks. |
| Other: |
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